1
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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At Kakō and Saki, guests feast on seasonal Japanese ingredients highlighting traditional and modern techniques.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Each has been highlighted by House Majority PAC, a Democratic outside group, in recent days.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 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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What would be lost in the red-white-and-blue tedium gives Venezuela an instantly identifiable characteristic.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Many of the characteristics that made the stocks so attractive, like profit growth, remain intact.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Your 6th House of Practice and your 10th House of Work alike benefit as Mercury trines Jupiter, emphasizing the power of simple routines.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jackson’s allies have emphasized the forcefulness of his message and convictions.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
8 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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Altman stresses human oversight and legal protections After the company signed the agreement last week, Altman explained that the contract incorporates protections similar to those that were a point of contention in Anthropic’s negotiations.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Still, Billy stressed the importance of the French film financing mechanism, which is essentially funded by a levy on movie tickets, for helping sustain France’s position as one of the world’s most prolific filmmaking nations.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Beyond improving current computer stability, Das envisions these sensors serving as a blueprint for a new generation of ultra-compact technology.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Although the central story is intimate in scale, the film’s scope is large and its social purview deep, and this vast amplitude is a function of Ouédraogo’s way of staging action, or, rather, of envisioning it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Feature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feature. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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