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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Danoff's resignation punctuated a decade of tremendous change at the museum.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An air of helplessness and despair spread about, punctuated by stirrings of an uglier mood.
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As Carol Jackson moved about in the kitchen she could hear the steady burble of conversation, punctuated every so often by a laugh.
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Clare had led Carolyn along endless humming corridors, whose walls were punctuated by closed doors.
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Periods of punctuated equilibrium are equally visible in human history.
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President Nixon punctuated his Watergate tapes with obscenities.
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The path turned inland and met the road to Sandweg which cut through arable land, punctuated by low, brooding barns.