parenthesis
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Whereas if it were ‘natural flavor’ and then in parenthesis a long list of bizarre chemical names, you might think twice about eating it.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024
That’s where it started off with the parenthesis; it was marking a sense of time passing but also emphasizing the single exposure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
"They should have made a parenthesis in the subtitles when the North Korean character speaks," She said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2021
Did you notice how the parenthesis or bracket in the interval notation matches the symbol at the endpoint of the arrow?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
It is an ongoing responsibility, a parenthesis in what had once been ordinary life, only to discover that that previous life has vanished, replaced by something more complicated and demanding.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
They are listed in ascending order of their trailing-month returns, which are displayed in the parentheses.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
It will always be a melter of a slow jam, but its intention is in those parentheses – to be in the sensation of aliveness he’s created.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025
One of those descriptions included in “UCLA vs USC” in parentheses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
This is one of the things I wasn’t prepared for — the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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