have punctuated
- present perfect of punctuate.
Example Sentences
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Repeated military incidents in and around the Strait of Hormuz have punctuated the two-month ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Protests have punctuated the 63-year-old leader's less than three years in office, which followed the impeachment and imprisonment of her predecessor, Pedro Castillo.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
The computer’s voice is male, robotic, and, of course, unemotional; its cadence, and the length of pauses, varies based on how Pirnot and Hnath have punctuated the text.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
The group, made up of men who graduated from American University between 1960 and 1972, have punctuated the longevity of their friendship with acts of giving.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
There is no doubt that sporadic fighting would have punctuated the deliberations of such a congregation.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel