Meaning & use
parenthesis
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Either of a pair of curved marks ( ) used to enclose additional information in a sentence.
See it in a sentence
She added a brief clarification in parenthesis after the main statement.
The dates of his reign are given in parenthesis after his name.
A note on using this word
The plural is "parentheses"; the word can also describe an inserted qualifying remark, not just the punctuation marks.
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