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She didn't understand the punch line.
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As the Ado Annie-like Betsy, a horny teen-ager whose father owns a shotgun, Kurtz is playing a character who should be, and kind of is, a one-joke punch line.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
At the end of every day she was spent from the strain of asking people to repeat themselves and missing out on conversations and the punch lines of jokes.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Despite the anguish — often told as a punch line — the winner of the competition offered a glimmer of hope to the nearly 90 attendees live-voting throughout the show via an app.
—Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Deutsche Bank’s economists leave the philosophical punch line hanging.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
At the end of every day she was spent from the strain of asking people to repeat themselves and missing out on conversations and the punch lines of jokes.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Despite the anguish — often told as a punch line — the winner of the competition offered a glimmer of hope to the nearly 90 attendees live-voting throughout the show via an app.
—Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Deutsche Bank’s economists leave the philosophical punch line hanging.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for punch line
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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