features 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of feature

features

2 of 2

noun

plural of feature

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of features
Verb
The Bite of Seattle Festival features hundreds of local vendors and live music performances, drawing 350,000 guests over three days, its website says. Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 The double sink is open to the views and features amenities from Healing Earth, a natural skincare line. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026 The Breman reading features Atlanta actors Pamela Gold, Rivka Levin, Clayton Landey, Mary Lynn Owen and Russell Scott. Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026 The Cup features teams of the league’s top performers from the regular season, who then compete in series with captains based on a point-system leaderboard. Molly Keshin, New York Times, 26 July 2026 The Fin Whale Eclipse Project’s eclipse glasses are made by Shenzhen Lionstar, which features on the American Astronomical Society Solar Eclipse Task Force’s list of vendors of safe solar viewers. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 The 1,200-square-foot finished, walkout lower level currently features a large home office and a dedicated recreation area. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 Tornyol’s latest model, LeSonar2, features 32 ultrasonic emitters that produce ultrasonic pulses (inaudible to humans) which reflect off nearby objects or insects. New Atlas, 26 July 2026 The free festa features a wine garden and tastings, a cultural and culinary stage, live entertainment, a grape stomp, Roman encampment and sword demos, a children’s zone and an Italian fashion show. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
Noun
Browning and Eveland pointed out all the features of the weapon and walked through how to safely take it apart and put it back together. Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026 Surface features may not provide much evidence, so the scientists looked at fossils. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 There’s an elaborate children’s playroom with a heated padded floor and built-ins for storage, along with kid-forward features like monkey bars, a climbing wall and a swing. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026 Overall, the Galaxy Watch 9 keeps up with its more expensive sibling in terms of lifestyle features, for less money. Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026 In other words, age limits change the economic calculus for exploitative features. Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026 The $70-$140 range gets you larger sizes and capacities, higher wattages and extra features. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Features Consider the extra features that some pajamas offer, such as pockets, drawstrings or a fly. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 His facial features are partially missing, but his mouth and nose are clearly Olmec. Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for features
Verb
  • There are some superb central defenders who have not made our list, which just highlights the level Vidic reached.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The report highlights Africa as the world’s most pressing food-security challenge.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • That’s certainly the case in the epic poem The Odyssey, which imagines a push and pull between Athena and her uncle Poseidon over the fate of Odysseus.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • One imagines Naipaul returning from Jonestown and San Francisco, shaping despair into limber, unforgettable sentences, approaching the absolute terror and humanity of his moment—and none of it mattered.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • The other examines how climate change altered the characteristics of the event that happened; for example, whether a hurricane produced more rainfall or a heat wave became hotter because the atmosphere has warmed.
    Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • Nicknamed Planet Nine and sometimes more generically called Planet X, its existence is hotly debated, but most predictions of this putative world’s characteristics put it squarely in the range of LSST’s capabilities to spot.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Begay will direct parts of the $500,000 grant to his foundation and the Albuquerque Community Foundation and emphasizes his goal for the NB3 Foundation to thrive long after him.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • However, living in a city that emphasizes the importance of community has taught her how to ask for help.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • Lebeña envisions a change in which all Cubans have access to voice, text and data with international connectivity without restrictions.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Archer envisions Halo serving several industries where transporting cargo quickly to remote or difficult-to-access locations remains a challenge.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Three entry points Visitors have three choices to enter the Okefenokee — the east, west and north entrances, each with its own public amenities and natural qualities.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • The entire installment is structured as different types of Emmys bait, with the patriarch and his crew becoming increasingly desperate to rip off the qualities of award-winning shows and finally bring home the coveted gold.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • The National Park Service’s Hike Smart guidance stresses that hydration and weather awareness are two of the most common failure points on bucket-list hikes, especially in desert parks and at high elevation.
    Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Morton, looking out for Circe, stresses that transforming Odysseus’ men was not purely vengeful.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Petrarch pictures the ghosts of Homer and Ennius together, and Homer’s ghost points out to Ennius a solitary figure, Francescus, working on a great epic poem, Africa.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • And Trey pictures his dad still in the third base coach’s box for the Dodgers.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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