exclamation mark
Britishnoun
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the punctuation mark ! used after exclamations and vehement commands
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this mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to an obvious mistake, in road warning signs, (in chess commentaries) beside the notation of a move considered a good one, (in mathematics) as a symbol of the factorial function, or (in logic) occurring with an existential quantifier
Example Sentences
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Ohtani also put an exclamation mark on the sweep by demolishing a first-pitch fastball from reliever A.J.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2024
Using an exclamation mark to express the author's astonishment, the 2000 Met report said: "Adams met Noye on two occasions, however nothing useful was reported from those meetings!"
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023
"Someone wise once said that the correct punctuation for a scientific advance is not an exclamation mark, but a semicolon," said Meyer.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off the line at Midwestern auto plants Friday, putting an exclamation mark on a summer where labor—from screenwriters to UPS drivers—flexed its muscles.
From Slate • Sep. 19, 2023
The exclamation mark would have to be reinstated.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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