: a punctuation mark - used especially to divide or to compound words, word elements, or numbers
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The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
The company was resuscitated in the 21st century, ditching the hyphen in its moniker and adding electrification in the form of the Carmen hypercar, which premiered in 2019.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Ace Ratcliff, SELF, 10 July 2018
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Noun
American men married to women are five times more likely to fully adopt their wife’s surname than to append it to their own with a hyphen.
—The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
The company was resuscitated in the 21st century, ditching the hyphen in its moniker and adding electrification in the form of the Carmen hypercar, which premiered in 2019.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Verb
Normally, closed caption subtitling bleeps words in a variety of different ways: phrases, such as (bleep), [expletive], or [censored] may be used, though sometimes hyphens or asterisks are substituted instead (f–k, f---, or f*** are all examples.
—Ace Ratcliff, SELF, 10 July 2018
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“Hyphen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyphen. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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