Example Sentences

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With a practiced flurry, he inserted backslashes and hit “return” repeatedly, which drew the symbols into a neat block.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2017

Eight parents wanted to insert backslashes into their children’s first names, while four wanted to put brackets around their middle names.

From Time • May 3, 2013

The draft shows Franklin's heavy printer's pen crossing out the phrase with backslashes and changing it to "We hold these truths to be self-evident."

From Time Magazine Archive