parenthesis
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“There’s an inevitability to what is happening,” Jarvis, author of “The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and its Lessons for the Age of the Internet,” said in an interview.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Ascanio called the gap between the two the Parenthesis.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023
In Parenthesis is British composer Iain Bell's adaptation of the epic poem by David Jones, who fought in the Battle of Mametz Wood.
From BBC • May 13, 2016
What should be strange about this, but is in fact depressingly predictable, is that nowhere does he mention David Jones's In Parenthesis, probably the best book about the war in English.
From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2011
"Parenthesis" can then be kept to its proper use, as the name for the words themselves which form the break in the sentence.
From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Allardyce, Paul
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