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Recent Examples of highlights
Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
The development also highlights the model’s growing popularity in the plug-in hybrid segment and its role in strengthening BYD’s position in China’s competitive new energy vehicle market.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
The incident highlights the risks the world’s highest peak poses for the ever-growing number of mountaineers, adventurers and tourists who flock there.
—Kaijing Xiao, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
This week's quiz highlights hometown harvests, amazing marathon runs — and more.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Féau Boiseries, 9 Rue Laugier, 75017 Paris A new exhibition by Louis Vuitton highlights the maison’s role in creating high-end travel accessories for the leading lights of the Jazz Age.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
The impeccable fusion between the organic and the electronic sounds, distinctive of the band led by vocalist Li Saumet, highlights the Caribbean drums, synthesizers and vallenato-style guitars converging at the same point.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
This highlights part of the difficulty with dissuading people from subway surfing.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Created to elevate Brazilian cinema on the global stage, this initiative highlights the country’s most original voices in fiction filmmaking.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
Gatlin’s indictment highlights her approving more than $2 million in fraudulent Foundation payments to an Atlanta businessman, Yergan Jones, who owns an audiovisual company that provided no services to the nonprofit or Jackson Health System.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
The development also highlights the model’s growing popularity in the plug-in hybrid segment and its role in strengthening BYD’s position in China’s competitive new energy vehicle market.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
The incident highlights the risks the world’s highest peak poses for the ever-growing number of mountaineers, adventurers and tourists who flock there.
—Kaijing Xiao, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
This week's quiz highlights hometown harvests, amazing marathon runs — and more.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Féau Boiseries, 9 Rue Laugier, 75017 Paris A new exhibition by Louis Vuitton highlights the maison’s role in creating high-end travel accessories for the leading lights of the Jazz Age.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
The impeccable fusion between the organic and the electronic sounds, distinctive of the band led by vocalist Li Saumet, highlights the Caribbean drums, synthesizers and vallenato-style guitars converging at the same point.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
This highlights part of the difficulty with dissuading people from subway surfing.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Created to elevate Brazilian cinema on the global stage, this initiative highlights the country’s most original voices in fiction filmmaking.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highlights
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While anti-aging focuses on achieving a younger appearance, skin longevity emphasizes that prioritizing healthy skin does more than just give you an outward glow.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
8 Oct. 2025
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Robb emphasizes that the most important and immediate changes need to come from inside the tech industry, and specifically social media companies themselves.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the outer layer of Mimas, Saturn's smallest major moon, has few obvious breaks.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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From sunny beaches and cultural city breaks to mountain towns framed by fall foliage, autumn offers plenty of affordable options for a spontaneous getaway.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Oct. 2025
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Assignments have been on metro, politics, sports, business, features, photography/video and our audience growth teams.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Laura Modiano, who heads up OpenAI's startups division in EMEA, drew a comparison between American and European founders based on her extensive work with founders across both regions and rolling out AI features.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
11 Oct. 2025
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The team stresses that the impact of this crisis extends far beyond coastal areas, affecting everyone because of the globally interconnected economy and food system.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Grumley stresses that screening is more than just checking in on your breast health here and there.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
7 Oct. 2025
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One of the milestones marked indelibly in my mind is the first birthday party my toddler son attended at the home of one of his three-year-old preschool classmates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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The third essential is a very clear roadmap — broken down into the maximum number of achievable milestones, with a concrete plan for what comes next at each point.—
Roman Axelrod,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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General admission to the festival is free, but there will be attractions and food inside for which you will be required to pay.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The ride is also one of the only Disney parks attractions that features explicit images of human death, including the ride's opening sequence that sees visitors locked inside a room that, with help from special visual effects, stretches upward with guests inside.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The best hotels in Montréal capitalize on the city’s charms, with many occupying historic landmarks like 18th-century merchant houses or even the original headquarters of Canada’s famed jeweler Birks.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2025
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The collection centered on new lines referencing local landmarks.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2025, kids put their cards into clear resin or plastic containers to preserve and protect them from scratches or damaged corners.—
Mark Billingsley,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The president's deportation and immigration enforcement agenda, including the deployment of ICE agents into some major cities, has prompted backlash in some corners of the Latino community.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Highlights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highlights. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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