em dash

noun

Printing.

1. a dash one em long.

em dash

noun

1. printing a dash (—) one em long

Example Sentences

Was that em dash really necessary?

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Along with the now-infamous em dash, many are renouncing words for which ChatGPT is known to have a mysterious penchant, such as delve, nestled, boast, and meticulous.

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Writer and entrepreneur Thomas Smith told me that although he refuses to sacrifice the em dash, these days he is inclined to leave typos in his Medium posts because he believes they’re a reassuring sign of human authorship.

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But the current em dash discourse is evidence that AI hasn’t made original writing obsolete just yet.

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And really, what’s to stop the em dash’s sudden shadiness from becoming an illuminating glow?

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