How to Use featured in a Sentence

featured

adjective
  • Wakim had logged just one year as a featured player.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The new site will have a search bar that's more prominently featured than the one on the current version.
    Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • In the wake of the move to work and learn from home, Google Meet has gone from a bare-bones app to one that's slightly more full-featured.
    Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The songs also served as a reminder as to how long Puth has been a featured player in the music industry.
    Eden Dinneen, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
  • Each profile film produced in partnership with Levi’s will explore featured artists’ creative process and the vision that shapes their work.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The featured player, of course, is genuine Pee Dee-style whole hog barbecue, which is pulled into long strands and dressed with a spicy vinegar-pepper sauce.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The covers were legendary in their own right and featured supermodels, rock stars, Oscar winners and action film stars dressed up as the nation’s first president.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The high fee reportedly was contingent on Messi being a featured player, which helped sell out the 48,000-seat venue.
    Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The Dolce & Gabbana minidress kept the bustier silhouette and Roman Catholic imagery, but featured lace, satin and a high-drama veil with custom embroidery.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Yang was first hired at SNL as a writer in season 44 in 2018 before joining the cast as a featured player the following season.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Damon Wayans was a longtime standup comic and had been a featured player on Saturday Night Live when In Living Color launched.
    Elliott Smith, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That commercial was set to music from Coca-Cola's original 1955 commercial, and featured trucks and people with a slightly uncanny feel.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • During the work trip, the company allegedly paid the attendees their normal salaries, provided hotel rooms, food, and beverages, and featured speakers, including company executives, who discussed their career paths.
    Amanda Chen, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Fellow Big Slick host Rob Riggle, who also grew up in Johnson County, was a featured player on the show in the 2004-05 season.
    Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • With five cast members exiting before season 51 (including mainstays Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner) and five cast members added as featured players, this season of the show promises change.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The event was attended by numerous celebrities, including the Kardashian family, and featured performances from Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The 10-hour show on July 5 was hosted by Jason Momoa, and featured performances from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Jack Black, Steven Tyler and more.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The 10-hour show on July 5 was hosted by Jason Momoa, and featured performances from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Jack Black, Steven Tyler and more.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In her second year on SNL, Padilla has emerged as the show’s MVP with most screen time this season and a good chance to become only the second SNL cast member after Bowen Yang to score an Emmy nomination while still a featured player.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
  • While featured players like Ashley Padilla and Veronika Slowikowska show definite promise, and mainstays like Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, and Mikey Day continue to hold down the fort, season 51 is still missing that essential animating X-factor.
    Charu Sinha, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
  • While the fates of more than a dozen repertory players remain in limbo, NBC has announced that Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall has been added as a featured player, along with fellow comedians Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The inaugural music festival celebrating family farms and fair agriculture policies was held in Champagne, Illinois, and featured performances from Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Billy Joel, Loretta Lynn and many others along with Mellencamp, Nelson and Young.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 24 Feb. 2026

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