hyphen
Example Sentences
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Or perhaps the story of his panic at seeing a post-it note saying "please re-sign" on some documents, and not noticing the hyphen, wondered what he'd done to justify having to quit.
From BBC
The three or four sets are all separated by a hyphen.
From Encyclopedia.com
But with the slash of a hyphen and the snip of a “20,” Mr. Evers changed 2024-25 to the year 2425.
From New York Times
Evers, a former state education secretary and public school teacher and administrator before that, vetoed the “20” and the hyphen to make the end date 2425.
From Seattle Times
Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs — no question is too insignificant.
From Seattle Times
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