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Parentheses

/pəˈrɛnθəsiːz/noun
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Parentheses are a pair of curved punctuation marks ( ) used to enclose additional, non-essential information in a sentence, providing clarification or asides without altering the main meaning. In modern usage, they're indispensable in fields like programming for grouping code and in mathematics for ordering operations, helping to prevent ambiguity in complex expressions.

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