Example Sentences

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The hints pointing to two galaxies are found in the question mark’s strange shape.

From National Geographic • Aug. 9, 2023

But it’s unclear how Musk will rebuild the check mark’s once-vaunted reputation, or if he even wants to.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

The man masquerading as Gene Takavic is not so direct, as we see after he breaks into his cancer-suffering mark's house to finish his team's dropped identity theft caper.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022

Although some popular word processing programs will automatically create an em-dash when you type two consecutive hyphens, that’s no reason to prolong the mark’s banishment from the board.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2012

A mark's a shilling; ridiculous of them to divide it into ten pence instead of twelve; one never really knows how much one's paying for anything.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant