| Lead-in to many a side thought, informally |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Tip to 'theses' ...These () punctuation marks |
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| ) or ( |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Printer's arc |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Smile or frown signifier, briefly |
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| Emoticon's mouth, for short |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Typesetter's arc |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Feb 2023 |
| Round bracket, for short |
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| ), for short |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Rounded bracket for a printer, for short |
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| ), briefly |
New York Times |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Figure above a 9 or 0, for short |
Jonesin |
08 Oct 2019 |
| ) or (, briefly |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Bracket in a text, for short |
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| Emoticon smile, for short |
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| ) or (, briefly |
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| ( or ), for short |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2018 |
| ( or ), briefly |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2018 |
| ) or (, for short |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Typesetter's arc |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2018 |
| Symbol over 9 or 0 on a keyboard, for short |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Emoticon's smile, for short |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Short enclosure |
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| Figure above 9 or 0, for short |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2018 |
| ( or ), briefly |
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| Symbol over 9 or 0 on a keyboard, for short |
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| ( or ), for short |
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| Emoticon's smile, for short |
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| Figure above 9 or 0, for short |
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| Bracket, for short |
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| Emoticon element, for short |
USA Today |
30 May 2017 |
| Emoticon arc, for short |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2017 |
| Emoticon element, for short |
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| ) or (, briefly |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2017 |
| ) or (, for short |
USA Today |
27 Jun 2016 |
| ( or ) |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2016 |
| ) or (, for short |
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| Printer's arc |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Printer's arc |
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| ) or ( |
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| ) or (, briefly |
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| Emoticon's mouth, often |
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| Emoticon smile, for short |
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| Keyboard symbol, for short |
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| ) or (, for short |
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| One end of a digression, for short? |
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| Emoticon's smile, for short |
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| Printer's arc |
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| Emoticon element, for short |
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| ( or ), briefly |
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| (, for example |
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| ), for short |
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| Start of an aside, for short |
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| It's above 9 or 0 |
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| Rounded bracket (abbr.) |
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| Fig. above 9 or 0 |
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| Short encloser |
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| Figure above a 9 or 0, for short |
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| Typewriter symbol, for short |
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| Punc. mark |
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| Printer's bracket, for short |
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| Rel. of a bracket |
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| ( or ), for short |
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| Written bracket, for short |
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| Punctuation mark: Abbr. |
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| Qualifying word or phrase: Abbr. |
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| Qualifying phrase: Abbr. |
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| ( or ) |
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| 9 fig. |
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| Fig. above a 9 |
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