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- U+002D, -
HYPHEN-MINUS
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[U+002C]
Basic Latin .
[U+002E]

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Punctuation mark

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  1. Alternative form of ( ) or — —. These are two sets of -- used to enclose parenthetical text, like two em dashes, especially when actual em dashes are not available.
    • 2001 February 7, pieceoftheuniverse, “Re: Help please?”, in rec.humor.oracle.d[1] (Usenet; in English), message-ID <3a817466.2941062@spamkiller.sucknews.com>:
      Speaking of Illustrator -- you weren't, but I'm pretending -- the way I'm going about comic art is on the computer.