parenthesis

Example Sentences

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Whereas if it were ‘natural flavor’ and then in parenthesis a long list of bizarre chemical names, you might think twice about eating it.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2024

That’s where it started off with the parenthesis; it was marking a sense of time passing but also emphasizing the single exposure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

"They should have made a parenthesis in the subtitles when the North Korean character speaks," She said.

From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2021

The critical point x = −3 makes the denominator 0, so it must be excluded from the solution and we mark it with a parenthesis.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The tricky part is determining where the other punctuation marks go: inside or outside the closing parenthesis.

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