parenthesis
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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 members that were present will be listed along with their title or department in parenthesis.
From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 1, 2018
Life is not a paragraph, and death is no parenthesis.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Vocabulary lists containing parenthesis
Punctuation Matters
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Rhetoric
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