parentheses

NOUN

digression

Synonyms

STRONG

apostrophe aside deflection departure detour deviation difference divagation divergence divergency diversion drifting episode excursion excursus footnote incident irrelevancy note tangent variation wandering

WEAK

discursion obiter dictum rambling

Antonyms

STRONG

accord agreement conformity sameness similarity uniformity

Example Sentences

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It’s followed by parentheses that hold plain descriptions — red chapel relief; oil can; or, folding table and chairs, dark brown.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of his models were Senegalese men and women whose names appear in parentheses in the titles of the pieces.

From New York Times

The Associated Press weekly state high-school football poll with first-place votes in parentheses, record on the season and points accrued in the poll.

From Seattle Times

The Associated Press Washington state high-school football poll based on votes from media outlets across the state, with first-place votes in parentheses, season records and points accrued in the poll:

From Seattle Times

I feel like that’s analogous to what you’re saying — if you think about silence as a kind of technology, as a kind of liberatory force or mechanism to exist beyond the parentheses.

From New York Times