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Term: Ellipsis

Description:

An ellipsis is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots (...) commonly used to indicate the omission of words in a sentence, a pause in dialogue, or to create suspense.

Sample Sentences:

• She decided to leave the room, but not without a lingering sense of... unease.
• The author cleverly used an ellipsis to leave the ending of the story open to interpretation.
• "Are you sure you're feeling okay?" he asked, concern evident in his... voice.

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