punctuation

Example Sentences

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Buffett said those matches are friendlier than their previous spars over punctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

When you type a question into your favorite AI chatbot, it turns it into tokens representing words, parts of words, and punctuation.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

“I probably can’t definitively explain it,” says writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal about that punctuation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Tomato, brightened with a final drizzle of garlic oil, like punctuation.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Babulya declared the rain lucky, an answer to the prayer they hadn’t even said yet, but to Anya it felt like a punctuation mark to her utter failure.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack