Definition of "punctated" []

• Pointed; ending in a point or points (adjective)
• Dotted with small spots of colour, or with minute depressions or pits (adjective)

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• "And so has John McCain. [as punctated by CNN transcribers]"
• "I told Gayle that using her research to impugn Ives's character was like using Gould's theory of punctated equilibrium an argument for creationism."
• "P.O. Dolphin's Barn: the transliterated name and address of the addresser of the 3 letters in reversed alphabetic boustrophedonic punctated quadrilinear cryptogram (vowels suppressed) N. IGS."