comma

noun

Definition of commanext
as in parenthesis

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Recent Examples of comma The ant, curled like a comma in my palm. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Remember, list all your teams in order from most wins to fewest and separated by commas. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Square Lake looks suspiciously like a comma. — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 Basically, this means a long, wavy line of thunderstorms—which can be seen trailing down from the low-pressure area in a classic comma shape on weather maps. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comma
  1. parenthesis
  2. window
  3. pause
  4. caesura
  5. lag
  6. time lag
  7. interspace
  8. interlude
Noun
  • Their ages as of the start of next season are in parentheses.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Where else could Alfred, Lord Tennyson, share a parenthesis with Ed Sheeran and the Foo Fighters?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of parenthesis
Noun
  • Ranjane noted that the organization's support is not limited to the MLC window.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The setting sun streamed into the room, and a narrow rectangle of light blazed beneath the window.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of window
Noun
  • The pause, which began July 23, was intended to give negotiations another chance, but progress on talks has not materialized.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • After a nine-month pause, Houthi militants in Yemen allied to Iran resumed attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on July 22, 2026, directly targeting the group’s longtime foe Saudi Arabia.
    — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of pause
Noun
  • For instance, the caesura that is commonly found at the center of each line of Anglo-Saxon verse conveyed a meaning to native speakers that is lost to us today.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2025
  • With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.
    — Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
Definition of caesura
Noun
  • Keep your dorm room or student apartment lag-free with TP-Link's Archer BE550 Wi-Fi 7 router.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The lag in benefits forced millions of families to make do with small collections from food banks or the generosity of restaurants.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of lag
Noun
  • Satellite data is available consistently but has a time lag.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The time lag breaks momentum, and people who are unfamiliar with design begin to settle.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of time lag
Noun
  • After disc removal, the resulting interspace requires robust reconstruction to restore height, alignment, and stability.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
  • Many of the bacteria at least partially survived, which helps to test one of the parameters for the theory of panspermia—that life on Earth originated somewhere else and was brought here on an asteroid or other interspace body.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2020
Definition of interspace
Noun
  • Second Line was my mom — her interludes riddled the album with her depiction of what is meant to be a Creole woman in New Orleans.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In a series of video interludes that break up the performance into acts, Grande plays Peaches, a woman who wants to undergo a procedure to erase her painful memories.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of interlude

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