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Meanings of punchline in English

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Usage of punchline in English
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The answer is not a punchline, it is a stark political reality.
The Irish Times
2
But the sweet punchline of 82 will always be a soothing balm.
News.com.au
3
And like Palin, his legacy will be nothing more than a punchline.
News.com.au
4
But Philadelphia are very much trending towards punchline status over the last year.
The Guardian
5
In 100 years, Apple will either be a punchline, or the next IBM.
Reuters
6
That's the starting point, meat, punchline and footnote to nearly everything.
The Irish Times
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APPLE AirPods have gone from a punchline to Apple's most beloved product ever.
News.com.au
8
The punchline refers to a strapline used to advertise corsets in the 1970s.
The Guardian
9
He is a punchline to a joke you don't even need to make.
The Guardian
10
To stop being the human punchline to someone else's macroeconomic joke.
The Guardian
11
Sometimes the screen is the punchline and I'm the set-up, or vice versa.
The Guardian
12
He looked at me expectantly, and I realized that had been the punchline.
11/22/63
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Whatever you say, the punchline goes, will be proven wrong.
The Irish Times
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If Woody Allen said that you would expect a punchline.
The Irish Times
15
As a final punchline we see the video Fourth Grade has been working on.
The Guardian
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I wanted to take away your punchline, because it's so-Thank you so much.
The new yorker
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United States of America
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