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En Dash.
En Dash - as a noun
A dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.
Example: "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values—a range with clearly defined and finite upper and lower boundaries—roughly signifying what might otherwise be communicated by the word "through"."
Example Sentences
"The en dash is used to represent a range, such as in "pages 5–10"."
"You can use an en dash to separate two equal elements, like in "Beyoncé–Jay Z"."
"The en dash can be used in place of a hyphen in compound adjectives, such as "post–World War II"."
"An en dash can be used to separate the day and month in dates, like in "January 1–February 28"."
"The en dash is longer than a hyphen but shorter than an em dash."
