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1. Represents a mouth vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons.
2. Separates a number or letter from an item in a list. Compare ( ), as in "(A) Milk, (B) Eggs, (C) Flour".

   A) New York, B) London, C) Paris.

   a) New York, b) London, c) Paris.

   1) New York, 2) London, 3) Paris.

   I) New York, II) London, III) Paris.

3. Used in ( ).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:(.

• (separator between a number and an item) .

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1. (mathematics) Denotes an open endpoint of an interval.

   ${\displaystyle [a,b)=\{x\in \mathbb {R} \,|\,a\leq x<b\}}$

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• toi (Lojban)

Punctuation

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1. Used in ( ).

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1. Used in ( ).

Evolved from :-).

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1. (Internet slang, text messaging) :-), expressing happiness or amusement.

Multiple brackets - ))) - are used for LOL, to express laughter or humour. This is not to be confused with ((( ))), known as a far-right symbol directed against Jewish people. Overuse of brackets ("))))))") may suggest that something is funny, something is ridiculously ironic, or the writer may be insincere.

Multiple brackets with zeroes - ))0) - are like the usage of !!1, to express a strong emotion.

• ( (online slang, expression of sadness or disappointment)

• ))) (online slang, expression of laughter)