Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, same as
punctate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
punctuation - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
punctuate .
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Examples
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The Extended Synthesis says those jumps are sometimes hundreds of millions of years and you've coined the term punctuated evolution to cover this.
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The Cedarberg range of the Cape Fold Belt is rugged terrain punctuated with few natural passes.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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He enlisted the assistance of Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard and introduced the world to the theory they called punctuated equilibria.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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He enlisted the assistance of Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard and introduced the world to the theory they called punctuated equilibria.
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In spite of this, the relationship soon stumbled over Iraq, missile defense, and NATO expansion, reaching a low point during Bush's second term punctuated by mutual recriminations and thinly veiled threats.
Jamie Metzl: Marriage Counseling for the United States and Russia 2009
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He yelled in short, punctuated bursts as if he thought he needed to spell out simple concepts.
Hullabaloo 2004
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Martin punctuated the burst with a 21-footer off a feed from
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We could hear them growling to each other in German, punctuated by an occasional English oath, as they stumbled forward in the dark.
My Lady of Doubt Randall Parrish 1890
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A letter badly written, badly spelt, or badly punctuated, is a direct and abiding proof of a neglected education, or a disorderly mind.
The Mother's Book 1831
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Hairston told the 911 operator, the call punctuated by screams and a rapid series of gunshots in the background.
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