Definition of "em-dash" [em-dash]

• Alternative spelling of em dash. (noun)

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• "She is ever so glad the en/em-dash saga was safely entrusted to Paul last week having already head her eyeballs sucked from her brain line editing the week before."
• "So for breaks in thought: instead of --, use — (em-dash)."
• "The em-dash provides a signal that a line of dialog that is part of the manuscript begins, and helps differentiate between which character has begun speaking, but no similar indicator is made for pauses, interruptions, or for when the character stops speaking."