How to Use figure on in a Sentence

figure on

verb

• Both teams have key figures on the sideline.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• And that put a very clear and very big dollar figure on what loyalty was worth.
  — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026
• The artist painted his own likeness into a figure on the right.
  — Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• The incident figures on their own only tell a part of the story.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
• Ghalibaf has emerged as a key figure on the Iranian side.
  — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
• Gu-cheon meets the massive, faceless spirit-figure on the rocky shores of an eerie island.
  — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026
• But the dominant figure on this album is Keem.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
• Many renowned artists haven’t broken into six figures on the secondary market.
  — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
• Rahman comes across as a policy wonk who can summon facts and figures on any issue.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
• The key figure on the scene is still really Andrew Tate.
  — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
• On cue, investors kept a gimlet-eyed focus on those figures on Wednesday.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
• Sundry prominent figures on Wall Street view a deal as inevitable.
  — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 June 2026
• The Pentagon has not publicly offered any figures on the war's cost.
  — Alan He, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
• Feenstra announced in March that his campaign would spend seven figures on a major ad blitz in the race.
  — Brianne Pfannenstiel, Des Moines Register, 7 Apr. 2026
• The once beloved royal couple have instead become divisive figures on the world stage.
  — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
• There were several villainous figures on that Sharks team, but Kane led the way.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2026
• Most people cannot relate to trillion-dollar figures on a government ledger.
  — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
• This lack of development doesn’t apply only to figures on one side of a staggering wealth gap.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 19 June 2026
• The court's decision came on a day in which the government released new figures on economic growth.
  — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
• Nevertheless, there are a few industry figures on hand.
  — Jayson Buford, Robb Report, 4 June 2026
• You guys reference the film a lot on your podcast and Shrek has also been a figure on the awards show, including this year.
  — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
• The airline presents its quarterly figures on Wednesday.
  — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 6 May 2026
• Government figures on how many migrants have self-deported vary widely.
  — Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
• Throughout the design, shadowed figures on horseback evoked a dramatic scene.
  — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
• For a group of rising figures on the right, white people have become the victims in the American story.
  — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
• Silhouetted figures on the beach at dusk lit by an impromptu fire give the impression of a careless, youthful night.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
• The metaphor perfectly fits the 6-foot-5 Jordan, who casts an imposing figure on the mound.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• The ideological groundwork for all of this is laid in the choice of words, before most of the figures on a spreadsheet have formally changed.
  — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026
• Prices range from $20 to $80, and the boxes can command nearly double those figures on eBay.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2026
• For large parts of this contest, Lionel Messi cut a quiet, frustrated figure on the pitch.
  — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026