ellipsis
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Though the title jams everybody together in one breathless, unpunctuated rush, this is very much a movie about distance within families; an ellipsis between each word might have been apt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
He inserted this ellipsis, so the sentence meant the literal opposite of what it had actually said.
From Salon • May 16, 2025
I wrote, as an accompanying caption, “The Star Wars/Le Creuset pots imply the existence of a Type of Guy I find genuinely unimaginable...” — just like that, ellipsis and all.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023
It is used as you might use an ellipsis when haggling with a dude on Craigslist about the price of his used NordicTrack and you’re still 15 bucks apart.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2022
Olly: does the ellipsis mean we're having an awkward silence or that you're thinking?
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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