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- noun Plural form of
parenthesis .
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According to the ongoing, unscientific-but-probative 2010 TSE Poll, asked to select their top five reasons for applying to a creative writing program from a list of fifteen possibilities, only three reasons appeared on even half of respondents 'lists (the number in parentheses is the percentage of respondents who ranked that program feature among their top five considerations):
Seth Abramson: The New Face of the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts Seth Abramson 2010
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Anything in parentheses is the kid sister of the rest of the sentence.
Happy, National Punctuation Day?.!!,()& Alexandra Petri 2010
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Georgia, The answer is yes, but with your "maybe" in parentheses just as you have it in your post.
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Results Sunday from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, listing starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed, and reason out if not running at the finish. (all cars Dallara-Honda) 1.
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The years in parentheses indicate when the Barber Half portions of these respective collections were auctioned.
New Weekly Column: Coin Rarities & Related Topics : Coin Collecting News 2010
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The number in parentheses refers to the percentage frequency with which certain colors burrow their persistent way into this complete repertoire of “Pavlova” color references.
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Results Saturday from the Subway Fresh Fit 500 race for NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series at Phoenix International Raceway, listing starting position in parentheses, driver, car, reason out if not running at the finish, laps completed, driver rating, points and money won:
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Here's what I got along with some notes in parentheses:
Two Cowenian Tenure Claims, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Georgia, The answer is yes, but with your "maybe" in parentheses just as you have it in your post.
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Some notes I jotted down during the interview (my own thoughts in parentheses): confirmation bias -- not taking seriously what you don't see, taking too seriously what you see.
Inteview with Nassim Taleb, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word parentheses
"Plural form of parenthese."
--Wiktionary
December 23, 2010
rolig commented on the word parentheses
What idiot wrote that definition?
December 23, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word parentheses
Don't you like to parenthese? (I parenthese all the time (sometimes I even parenthese within parentheses).)
December 23, 2010