punctuation
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These work like punctuation marks in the genetic instructions, signaling that protein construction should stop.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Fold in dill, chives and scallions — not as garnish, but as punctuation.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 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
Many of the silliest ambiguities in the Internet memes come from newspaper headlines and magazine tag lines precisely because they have been stripped of all punctuation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing punctuation
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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