close quote
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the quotation mark used to end a quotation, usually ” or '.
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(used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.)
Example Sentences
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Move a regular comma up to the superscript position and you’ve got a close quote.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2022
Indeed, I think I won't, Aunt Jeannie,' Single close quote changed to double quotes
From Daisy's Aunt by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
Added close quote to end of first stanza of poem XXIX.
From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various
Alternating occurrences of this character will be typeset as open and close quote characters.
From People of Africa by How, Edith A.
Page 210: "Companies A. B, C.," corrected to Companies "A, B, C," Page 237: Added second close quote to: "Lincoln's hirelings."
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.
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