exclamation point
noun
1
: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2
: a distinctive indication of major significance, interest, or contrast
the game put an exclamation point on the season
called also exclamation mark
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Mike Vasil in the bottom of the 10th before Casas provided the walk-off exclamation point.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Rice homered two batters later and Wells provided the exclamation point with a line-drive home run near the right-field foul pole.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
The old newspaper carried the story of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor, its banner headline set off by an exclamation point.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
Pete Alonso’s grand slam in the fifth was the exclamation point.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Rice homered two batters later and Wells provided the exclamation point with a line-drive home run near the right-field foul pole.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
The old newspaper carried the story of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor, its banner headline set off by an exclamation point.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
Pete Alonso’s grand slam in the fifth was the exclamation point.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Exclamation point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclamation%20point. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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