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Parentheses

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Parentheses (/pəˈrɛnθɨsiːz/) (singular, parenthesis (/pəˈrɛnθɨsɨs/)) (also called simply brackets, or round brackets, curved brackets, oval brackets, or, colloquially, parens) contain material that could be omitted without destroying or altering the meaning of a sentence.

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Symmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains curved lines, Has no crossing lines.

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Parentheses is part of the Punctuation group.

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