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ellipsis

[ih-lip-sis] / ɪˈlɪp sɪs /


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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

In the premiere, the drama revolves around the dreaded disappearing ellipsis — that feeling when you can see someone typing and then it stops.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

At the renovated and rebranded Center for Brooklyn History, they’re going with an ellipsis.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Olly: does the ellipsis mean we're having an awkward silence or that you're thinking?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon