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
It can be in an article, headline, ad, whatever, as long as both parts come from hyphenates — anything with a hyphen.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 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
This book hyphenates or not on a whim.
From The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books by Arthur Lee Humphreys
