Definition of "punctuated" []

• Having punctuation (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of punctuate. (verb)

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• "The Extended Synthesis says those jumps are sometimes hundreds of millions of years and you've coined the term punctuated evolution to cover this."
• "The Cedarberg range of the Cape Fold Belt is rugged terrain punctuated with few natural passes."
• "In spite of this, the relationship soon stumbled over Iraq, missile defense, and NATO expansion, reaching a low point during Bush's second term punctuated by mutual recriminations and thinly veiled threats."