Close
Punctuate
Punctuate verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.
Close and punctuate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead a verb "Punctuate".
Nearby Words: punctuation, punctuating
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Both words in one sentence
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Demetri Martin quipped in a special that it is quite difficult to be manly or punctuate a conversation if when you're struggling to open or close particularly heavy doors.
Source: Failed Dramatic Exit -
Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Starting with an extreme close-up of his screaming mouth, the shot pulls back to the car, then the block, the city of Chicago, and finally the planet Earth to punctuate Cameron's reaction to reading of the odometer of Cam's father's Ferrari.
Source: Distant Reaction Shot
Cite this Source
Punctuate and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/punctuate
Close & Punctuate. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/punctuate>.
Punctuate or Close. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/punctuate.
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