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Recent Examples of comma
After her name, there is frequently only a comma and the description: the fiancé of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
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Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
People who know me can understand my position on things based on punctuation marks, my commas.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
The rise and fall from comma to comma, the full stop in a period: In the face of uncertainty, of not knowing when the pain will end, Small Rain’s sentences transform the clinical narration of a hospital stay into the soothing murmur of a prayer, or the steady sound of rain.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
My new thing is teaching people about something called the Cambridge comma.
—Riane Konc, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
People who know me can understand my position on things based on punctuation marks, my commas.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
The rise and fall from comma to comma, the full stop in a period: In the face of uncertainty, of not knowing when the pain will end, Small Rain’s sentences transform the clinical narration of a hospital stay into the soothing murmur of a prayer, or the steady sound of rain.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
My new thing is teaching people about something called the Cambridge comma.
—Riane Konc, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hartford Courant Top 10 State Football Coaches’ Poll First place points in parentheses, record through Saturday, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, last week’s ranking and CIAC classification: 1.Ned Griffen, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2024
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These include ocean-view rooms with windows, verandah rooms with walk-out patios, concierge-level suites, inside cabins, and unbelievable two- and one-story suites.Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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Once the change was announced on Nov. 22 — adhering to a 28-day window approved by owners in May 2023 — the Chargers’ team of coaching analysts sprung into action.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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In finance, the very essence of responsibility, accountability and conscious choice stems from the pause that friction provides.Alex Kreger, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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After Lee placed executions on pause, The Tennessean reported in late May 2022 that the state had failed to follow its lethal injection procedures since resuming executions in 2018 after a nine-year hiatus.Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
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With National Socialism from 1933, however, a caesura occurred that is still unparalleled today.Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
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During the concert Friday night, the important silences between movements — caesuras central to the impact of the music — were consistently broken by applause.Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
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The hosts talk about the slight lag between the expansion to 12 teams and full TV money; the benefits of 11 high profile, consequential bowl games; and how the structure may change in the future.Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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However, interest rate cuts usually influence the economy after a lag of several months, meaning the recent lowering of rates likely had little impact on holiday spending.Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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These days, there is little to no time lag between making environmental commitments, doing the work to deliver on them and reporting on your progress.Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Estimation of the time lags from historical data is confounded by structural changes in the economy.Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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The interspace is enchanted mainly in its normalcy.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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These songs mess with interspace.Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021
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Last Voyage turns the chilling interlude into a slow-moving slasher, neither acknowledging the book’s metaphor of a ship bringing plague nor indulging in the inherent paranoia of its claustrophobic surroundings.Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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And there’s simply the album structure itself, drawing on that live presentation, and the adding of the interludes.Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Comma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comma. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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