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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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Use "punctated" in a sentence
  • "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."
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