quotation marks

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1. Punctuation marks (“ ”) that set off dialogue, quoted material, titles of short works, and definitions. When something must be quoted inside a quotation, single quotation marks are used: “‘Religion,’ according to Karl Marx (see also Marx), ‘is the opiate of the masses.’”

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quotation marks

And by my use of quotation marks, I mean the public Fauci, as opposed to the private Fauci.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

At least one copy included peculiar quotation marks in the opening paragraphs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Technically, this is not “Wuthering Heights,” but “Wuthering Heights” in the self-referential quotation marks on the poster, an acknowledgment that Fennell has plunged her fingers into the plot and manipulated it to her whims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

According to MacDonald, it took his organization’s staff only a minute to put the text in quotation marks and run it through Google.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025

I think I will stop putting quotation marks around Nothing’s name because it is annoying and disrupting my flow.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky