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

Younger parents who grew up in the digital age have done their research — “research” in quotation marks — for months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

I place that term in quotation marks since, as many people have said and continue to say, the version of “debate” that Kirk popularized is a wrestling match in a mud pit of logical fallacies.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025

The opening quotation marks always go right before the first word of the quotation: “Can we talk?”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner