"⸺" meaning in All languages combined

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Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: A dash two ems in width. Compare the em dash (—), which is a single em in width. Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|nolinkhead=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} ⸺, {{mul-symbol}} ⸺
  1. The omission dash. Replaces (part of) a word or name that is redacted or censored. The 3-em dash ⟨⸻⟩ may be used instead when the entire word is omitted.
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "text": "It was alleged that D⸺ had been threatened with blackmail."
        },
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          "ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Major Major Major Major”, in Catch-22 […] (in English), New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 90:",
          "text": "He was often tempted to join Major ⸺ de Coverley, but pitching horseshoes all day long seemed almost as dull as signing 'Major Major Major' to official documents, and Major ⸺ de Coverley's countenance was so forbidding that Major Major was in awe of approaching him.",
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          "omission",
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        [
          "⸻",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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        {
          "text": "It was alleged that D⸺ had been threatened with blackmail."
        },
        {
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          "text": "He was often tempted to join Major ⸺ de Coverley, but pitching horseshoes all day long seemed almost as dull as signing 'Major Major Major' to official documents, and Major ⸺ de Coverley's countenance was so forbidding that Major Major was in awe of approaching him.",
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          "⸻",
          "⸻#English"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "⸺"
}

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