hyphen

Example Sentences

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Versions with and without the hyphen have been used in the past, but a 1960 Privy Council announcement used the hyphenated version, which will be used from now on.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

These attacks on the em dash — a ChatGPT hyphen?

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025

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 • Jul. 6, 2023

No one had really paid too much attention to the hyphen.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022

When a word breaks off at the end of a line in your newspaper and continues on the next line, a hyphen is what links the syllables together.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner