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parentheses

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1. Punctuation marks — ( ) — used to separate elements in a sentence. Parentheses subordinate (see subordination) the material within them so that readers save most of their attention for the rest of the sentence: “Aunt Sarah (who is really my mother's cousin) will be visiting next week.”

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It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

They are listed in ascending order of their trailing-month returns, which are displayed in the parentheses.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

Unlike periods and commas, em dashes aren’t integral to sentence structure; they’re a considered choice that can, but by no means have to, take the place of commas, parentheses and semicolons.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025

Finnie: But your name is no longer in parentheses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Sometimes when he is making an aside he will rev up even further, as if to put in his own verbal parentheses.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell