punctuate
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Synonyms
accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, foreground, highlight, illuminate, play up, point (up), press, stress
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His second homer punctuated a four-run sixth inning that Hosmer led off with a triple. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres enjoy their Sunday, as Ty France’s two homers lift them to series win over Giants," 1 Sep. 2019 Tyler Darr then caught a go-ahead 32-yard touchdown pass with 9:42 left in the fourth, and Elijah Lash punctuated the win for the Knights with a 1-yard score with 3:13 to go. — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, "No more cupcakes: Las Lomas makes a statement with win over NCS champs," 30 Aug. 2019 The revelation punctuated previous questions of plagiarism that shadowed Biden and led ultimately to his early drop from the 1988 race. — Thomas Beaumont, Fortune, "Iowa State Fair: Where U.S. Politics and Fried Oreos Intersect," 8 Aug. 2019 Rather than letting life slide by in an undefined haze, prayer punctuates our hours, our days, and our weeks. — Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, Vox, "How prayer helped me detox from the internet," 8 July 2019 In a little over a month, Nina Petrovskaya would punctuate it with her own death. — Sarah Vitali, Harper's magazine, "Kill Your Darlings," 10 May 2019 The thicket of dark hair that trails behind her is perpetually slicked back in a long braid or ponytail that punctuates her visage, yet makes for a powerful profile. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "At 60, Sade’s Signature Beauty Is More Timeless Than Ever Before," 16 Jan. 2019 Yet York also demonstrates the tension between frustration and compassion that has punctuated the crisis, with volunteers handing out clean needles, life-saving naloxone, and treatment referrals to people in addiction. — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, "To fight opioid overdoses in a rural Pa. county, prosecutors charge drug dealers," 11 May 2018 The Sixers went up 70–29, scored 80 in the first half and coasted to a 35-point win that punctuated their season and wrapped up the third seed in the Eastern Conference. — Mitch Goldich, SI.com, "The Process in the Playoffs: Taking Stock of the Sam Hinkie Experiment," 12 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'punctuate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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