quotation mark
nounDefinition of quotation mark
: one of a pair of punctuation marks " " or ' ' used chiefly to indicate the beginning and the end of a quotation in which the exact phraseology of another or of a text is directly cited
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In keeping with Off-White's now-iconic typography that always includes quotation marks, Abloh's brand has launched five black travel pouches to help make your packing easier. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "Off-White's Monochrome Pouches Are the Packing Cubes We Didn't Know We Needed," 13 Aug. 2019 Others, describing the village-wide search for Lanny, are rushed run-ons, lacking attributions and quotation marks, creating a sense of muddled panic and frenzy. — Maya Phillips, The New Yorker, "“Lanny” Is a Dark, Wonderfully Tactile Reimagining of the Folktale," 18 July 2019 Presnal is a chef who likes having fun, and his menu is littered with coy quotation marks, signaling foods that playfully masquerade as other foods. — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, "The Federal, Agawam," 25 June 2019 This is a form of art—no quotation marks—that makes sense in a world that frequently does not. — Sheila Marikar, ELLE Decor, "An Ode to the Perverse Pleasure of Needlepoint," 6 Sep. 2018 Vladimir Nabokov once wrote that reality is one of the few words that means nothing without quotation marks. — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, "The End of Reality," 8 Apr. 2018 There’s always another interview to parse, another set of quotation marks to unpack, another set of references to dissect. — Melvin Backman, GQ, "At Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh Goes Over the Rainbow," 22 June 2018 Throughout the series, quotation marks indicate a subject’s exact words as written in a transcript, as recalled by a party to the conversation or as stated to a reporter, either now or at the time of the investigation. — jsonline.com, "CHAPTER 8: "I'LL SEE HER IN HEAVEN"," 18 Oct. 2017 From the get-go, hovering quotation marks become Abloh’s signature. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "A Brief History of Virgil Abloh’s Meteoric Rise," 28 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quotation mark.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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