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comma

[kom-uh] / ˈkɒm ə /
NOUN
pause
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It was the most Iranian sentence I could imagine: despair and hope in the same breath, separated by a comma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

But they speak so fast, and talk about no punctuation — there’s not a period or a comma in the world to stop them once they start talking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Then, it coils itself into a comma, bunching up its lower half.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

"It is my understanding that he liked to use the Oxford comma," she added.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break— these were all done on purpose.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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