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as in highlighted
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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as in saw
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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Recent Examples of featured
All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors.
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Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Jan. 2026
All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
Playing 18 games will only dilute each Sunday and bring more meaningless football, like our Week 18 slate this season that featured just three games of real consequence.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
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Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Jan. 2026
All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
Playing 18 games will only dilute each Sunday and bring more meaningless football, like our Week 18 slate this season that featured just three games of real consequence.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for featured
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In that moment, Kostoulas (introduced for Danny Welbeck in the 88th minute) exhibited the true nature of Brighton’s squad, highlighted recently by The Athletic.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Zhu highlighted innovations, such as the 2023 cross-border payment using digital RMB for precious metals.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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During the trial, jurors learned about grim Google searches Brian had made after his wife died, including how to saw a body and how to clean blood off of wood floors.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Prompting, Kapur emphasized, is also a leadership skill.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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School administrators emphasized that the reopening represents months of coordination across agencies, contractors, educators, and local leaders to ensure the campus is safe, operational and ready to welcome students home.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Americans today enjoy longer lives, greater comfort, more opportunities and broader freedoms than their grandparents could have imagined.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, new weapons had been developed, weapons more terrible than previous generations could have imagined.—
Amy Crawford,
Popular Science,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yan stressed that the hydrogel cooling tech addresses the hot spot issue without the need to modify existing circuit designs.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Pace stressed that the appetite for collectible art and design continues to grow among Saint Moritz residents and visitors alike.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Speaking of cute couples, Brazilian model Narah Baptista and Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen actor Vincent Cassel, pictured above outside the Schiaparelli show, are new parents, just having brought to the orb their son Caetano a year ago this month.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Note that the pairs pictured here are of original ’00 versions and do not represent the upcoming collaboration.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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For the moment, that infrastructure remains incomplete; as of late 2024, Iranian officials acknowledged that the NIN – envisioned to include homegrown alternatives to Western websites, social media platforms and media streaming services – was still less than 60 percent operational.—
Ilan Berman,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The final scene brought to series full-circle with an ending Miller had always envisioned, where June ends the series speaking the words that opened the show.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nguyen remembers when her parents, immigrants from Laos who dreamed of owning a restaurant, first opened Vientiane Noodle Shop on South 35th Street and West National Avenue in the Silver City neighborhood in 2001.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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In middle school at Imagine International Academy, Swavay was quiet and dreamed of playing basketball.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Featured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featured. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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