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exclamation

[ek-skluh-may-shuhn] / ˌɛk skləˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Mr. Damasio’s prose is informal—self-consciously chatty and unaffected, addressed to his “dear reader” and peppered by plenty of exclamation marks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I asked the guy wearing the exclamation point on his chest whether he thought the protests would have any impact upon Moreno.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Five friends lined up next to one another, their chests painted red, each with a different character in white: S, E, L, L and an exclamation point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The rally puts an exclamation point on the stock’s turnaround this month, as the narrative around how AI would affect many software stocks seems to have reversed to positive from negative.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

As I passed over he moved back, and his exclamation of horror, “Gott in Himmel!” needed no enforcement from his agonised face.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Hal is a sympathetic sojourner through this ghost world, even if his exclamations of shock become a little screechy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The silver mechanical creature then starts thrashing around violently, to gasps and exclamations from spectators at the installation, designed to probe humanity's relationship with increasingly realistic machines.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

The pastrami sandwiches at Katz’s Delicatessen are iconic, but Meg Ryan’s impassioned exclamations at the deli in “When Harry Met Sally” may be even more iconic.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

There will be no exclamations of “Yippee-ki-yay” and you know what because this is still Hallmark, but the network has stepped up its action/adventure offerings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

The gaping mouths, the finger pointing, the exclamations.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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