hyphenate
verb (used with object)
to join by a hyphen.
hyphenates
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present tense formof hyphenate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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With thousands of social media followers, the Nebraska-born model-actor-writer can add “influencer” to her multiple hyphenates, but she says today’s emphasis on “likes” has a downside.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Writers who have dual positions — for example, writer-directors or writer-producers — are called hyphenates.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023
This year’s diverse class includes musicians, artists, writers, activists, plenty of hyphenates and many, many academics.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
We’re a country of hyphenates, wherein man need not be defined only by statesman or politician, but equally by the various other degrees.
From Time ● Sep. 16, 2016
"The War and the Poets" does not get the goats of hyphenates of any sort—I gave it in Toronto and in Notre Dame.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Joyce Kilmer
