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exclamation

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


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Last week added an exclamation point: Moderna more than doubled in a single session after its mRNA cancer vaccine, developed with Merck, cleared a late-stage melanoma trial.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The prose was heavy on exclamation points, light on specifics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

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

She thought about adding an exclamation mark, but decided against it.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

“The fake niceness in mom chats, the smiley faces and exclamations, is reputation management,” says Santorelli.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 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

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

As they listened to celebratory speeches, the audience erupted into joyful exclamations: "Mercy!"

From Salon Aug. 13, 2024

The exclamations of fellow passengers as to the wheel’s size and apparent fragility filled him with a mixture of pride and anxiety.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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