How to Use parenthesis in a Sentence

parenthesis

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  • The number of weeks open for each film is in parentheses.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The number in parenthesis is the increase from the day before.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Here is the complete Top 25 (first-place votes in parentheses). 1.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Boys statewide poll First-place votes are in parentheses.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2023
  • If a player was ranked in the last big board, his ranking will be in parentheses.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Below is a list of the Browns' first-round picks since 1999, with the selection in parentheses.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • If a player was on the list last month, his past ranking is in parenthesis.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The first number is the pitchers on the IL, the number in parentheses is total players on the IL.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • The number in parenthesis is the increase from the previous day.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 20 June 2020
  • The figure in parenthesis is the increase from the previous day.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The figures in parenthesis is the increase from the previous day.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The year or years in which an Olympian medaled are in parentheses after each athlete’s name.
    — Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
  • Next to each team's name in parentheses is the number of points gained through votes and first-place votes if said team received any.
    — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
  • What is the lineup for the Toyota/Save Mart 350? (Car number in parentheses): 1.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • For the second week in a row, Stroud tops the list of college football's best passers with last week's rankings in parenthesis.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Offense Note: The number in (parenthesis) is the player’s age.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Many of the clues refer to Quanta articles published in 2018 and mention the writer’s name in parentheses at the end of the clue.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The rankings include first-place votes in parenthesis, win-loss record and overall points from this week’s poll.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Some of his models were Senegalese men and women whose names appear in parentheses in the titles of the pieces.
    — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Here's a look at every first round playoff series that is set in stone (with team seeds in parenthesis).
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • As the reader reads, time has stopped, creating a parenthesis of peace.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • In listings for counties, the major city is shown in parentheses.
    — Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • Souza’s knee buckled so badly that his left leg, on slow-motion replay, took on the shape of a right parenthesis.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
  • Parties are a parenthesis in life, along the lines of vacations and other types of journeys.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Here is the poll for all four divisions, which includes first-place votes in parenthesis with records and point totals from the voting.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Teams are listed with win-loss record in parenthesis and rating.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The new line comes in six $22 scents based around the themes above, the variations of which are most fun to read with their Insta equivalent in parentheses.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2018
  • That parenthesis of water alongside the main channel is an oxbow.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Typically, drug names are written with the brand name first and the generic name in parentheses.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Here are six other transfers to watch, with their former schools in parentheses.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023

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