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as in to highlight
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
a restaurant featuring an extensive list of American wines to complement its creative American cuisine
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2
as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
I can't feature that guy wearing anything other than his usual jeans and T-shirt
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as in characteristic
something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind
perhaps the most striking feature of that house is the way it was constructed to fit into its hillside site
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Recent Examples of feature
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
Texas' races also featured notable House primaries.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Fate brought the two friends back together on a feature film that used Words in Motion actors.
—Carol Badaracco Padgett, AJC.com, 3 Mar. 2026
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Verb
All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
Texas' races also featured notable House primaries.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
Amid the rising cost factors, the specialty features of newer high schools and vocational schools have ballooned project prices further.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
Fate brought the two friends back together on a feature film that used Words in Motion actors.
—Carol Badaracco Padgett, AJC.com, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feature
Verb
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After a child completes a screening, the coordinator can create a personalized literacy plan that highlights the areas that need more practice.—
MAKIYA SEMINERA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Ruger Riojas pitched a clean inning in the first, highlighted by a strikeout via elevated fastball.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But imagine a good cheeseburger, stripped down to its essential elements in raw form.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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In defeat, White Southerners cast themselves in the role of Christ, imagining their suffering as redemptive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Those four projects shared key characteristics — and those characteristics help explain why White Stadium is a case study in procurement failure.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the fractures that Turlier’s colleagues observed in mouse embryos display different characteristics.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Carvalho emphasized that the cuts for the next academic year do not include classroom teachers or an increase in class size.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Most Buddhist sects acknowledge the spiritual significance of relics even if some teachers have tried to shift the focus to Buddha's teachings that emphasize mindfulness and kindness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Fingerprints of climate change Although natural variability played a role, Swain sees the fingerprints of climate change in several aspects of winter weather, including cold snaps.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Activists are also instructing people to keep them out of sight so ICE agents don’t see them and later target them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Individual results may vary depending on patient-specific attributes and other factors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The project also dug into technical attributes such as fiber quality, feedstock consistency and how material input relates to usable output.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Bankers are stressing that Press Ganey, which conducts patient satisfaction surveys for healthcare providers, is a safer bet because Medicare requires that data for reimbursements.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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As Bove has often stressed, her interests lie as much in the display as in the choice of objects.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Tucked behind a Greyhound bus station, the new safe camping site is what the city envisions as an entry-level option for a person needing shelter.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Floor plans for the apartment show a large bedroom at the back of the space, which the show envisions as an office where Kennedy works at a desk that might have been a family heirloom.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Feature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feature. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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