Sentence examples for insert a hyphen from inspiring English sources

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Make it: "Members of her extended family, most of whom live in and around New York City, are planning…" (And insert a hyphen in "60th-anniversary commemoration").

The label in question was one he disliked so much that he preferred to put it between quotation marks (as if handling it with a pair of tweezers) and to insert a hyphen (as if to deny it the dignity of being a real word).

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There's the possibility that inserting a hyphen causes the page to break in ways we don't know about, so use this knowledge sparingly.

Before each item, insert two line breaks followed by a bullet (use a hyphen or copy and paste this symbol: ).

In most of professional publishing, the rule is that you should insert these hyphens whenever they help, especially when a lack of a hyphen could create confusion or otherwise throw the reader off.

No reason for a hyphen.

No need for a hyphen.

"Long-lasting" needs a hyphen.

No need for a hyphen here.

He calls it a hyphen between centuries.

Howzabout a hyphen to further international understanding?

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