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But if the dependent clause be inserted parenthetically, it is marked off by commas or the other marks of parenthesis, however short it may be.— manybooks.net
The Court of Appeal grants the mother's current writ petition -- and, parenthetically, justice in Division Three here is again (relatively) speedy, with only three months or so between the order below and the published resolution -- on the ground that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard at the six-month review hearing.— California Appellate Report
His contemporaries called him "Richard III," conceding that whatever his faults, he would choose to die bravely on Bosworth Field (parenthetically, the contemporary pundits would have meant Richard III as played by Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1956 film).— Techdirt
Which, parenthetically, would've been a whole lot more flattering.— Right Celebrity
(And, parenthetically, the technology he came to show off might someday inspire sleeplessness and the muttering of expletives).— Bits

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