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punctuate

[puhngk-choo-eyt] / ˈpʌŋk tʃuˌeɪt /


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They spray confetti into the audience to punctuate their biggest songs, and add an honorary fifth member, Ryan Malcolm, to flesh out their sound with swells of keyboard and additional rhythm guitar.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The earnings punctuate one of the more impressive advances for the market since the Covid pandemic.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

The women’s 100-meter final will punctuate Day 1 competition that will feature eight women’s finals, the most for a single day at the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

As framed by beautiful, evocative pairings that punctuate the show’s final galleries, the conversation continued, with some of Manet’s later boudoir interiors and portraits of fashionable Parisiennes unthinkable without Morisot’s example.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

“Go. Over. There,” I say, and punctuate each word with a kiss.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

He routinely punctuates his public speeches with historical anecdotes and oddities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

That Garbus shuffles late-night bits into the action punctuates the blur of corporate interests and celebrity that the Murdochs represent.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

This geographical footprint is important to him as he punctuates this chapter.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

An unexpected board drama at Denmark’s Novo Nordisk punctuates an already tumultuous year in which the maker of the blockbusters Ozempic and Wegovy plans to slash 9,000 workers globally.

From Barron's Oct. 22, 2025

Her voice has a bravery to it, and she punctuates the sentence with a firm little nod.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

His anecdotes are punctuated with nervous laughter, although he's better at making eye contact than when we first met in the Killers' heyday.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, the humid silence is punctuated by the diesel generators, the occasional Bluetooth speaker or the tinny buzzing of a cell phone squeezing out reggaeton, reparto or US pop.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

But cliffs tend to crumble slowly over time, punctuated with a sudden collapse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The episode punctuated how reflexively we latch onto the idea of weakness as the primary outgrowth of racial injustice.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

I smiled and shrugged, but my accusations were hard, punctuated by a jabbing finger.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The funniest part of that conversation is when Sam labels Judith a WOACA, a Woman of a Certain Age, pronouncing it as if he were Fozzie Bear punctuating a joke in an old-timey stand-up set.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

He has said that Trump has admiringly called him a "tough cookie" in private conversations, punctuating the point with a serviceable impersonation of the president.

From BBC May 18, 2026

A Chinese military court issued suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers for corruption, punctuating a broad purge of China’s armed forces that has ousted most of the high command.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

There are five infinity fountains, also clad in carvings, punctuating the space while fragrant native plants perfume the warm, dry L.A. air, identified by information cards written in Halsey’s recognizable script.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

Mr. Remora jabbed a finger in Emily’s direction, punctuating every word.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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