em dash
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Because more than any other punctuation mark, the em dash is deeply human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Along with the now-infamous em dash, many are renouncing words for which ChatGPT is known to have a mysterious penchant, such as delve, nestled, boast, and meticulous.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
In any case, humans are likely to have the last word on the em dash, if only because we’ll never shut up about it.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
She also mentioned a more urgent priority, that her “birthdate be followed in the biographical index by an em dash, and then a blank space.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
P. 22, "any more if-- If you come upstairs"; space after em dash deleted.
From Salome by Emma Marshall
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