1
as in highlighting
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 imagining
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 featuring
On Tuesday, April 28, the singer and rapper shared a post on Instagram featuring multiple snaps from her 38th birthday celebrations, as well as teasing the release date for her upcoming album, Bitch.
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Through a presentation of music by female composers, pianist Kerbel will explore the musical landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring works by American composers Amy Beach and Florence Price, as well as international compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Lili Boulanger.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
This marked Spanx’s first line featuring some traditional denim elements like five functional pockets, a fly and numerical sizing.
—Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2026
Anchoring the property is the roughly 50,000-square-foot primary residence featuring numerous living rooms, dining areas, and lounges.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
The forum will have a marketplace area featuring such vendors as RIF Care, Vita Parfum, Modern Muze, Tecuane, Youth Dealer, Lil Libros, Valdé Beauty and Marme Hats.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
The World Jane Goodall Inspired, a collection created by Vital Impacts featuring works by Nick Brandt, Frans Lanting, Cristina Mittermeier, Steve Winter, Ami Vitale, Jim Naughten, among others.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
The Laugh Factory has announced an upcoming line of collectible trading cards featuring some of comedy's biggest names at a show in Hollywood next week.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Other guest stars featuring throughout the season include The Bachelorette’s Charity Lawson, Love Thy Nader’s Sarah Jane Nader, Vanderpump Villa’s Ekin-Su, and Project Runway Season 21 winner Veejay Floresca.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Through a presentation of music by female composers, pianist Kerbel will explore the musical landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring works by American composers Amy Beach and Florence Price, as well as international compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Lili Boulanger.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
This marked Spanx’s first line featuring some traditional denim elements like five functional pockets, a fly and numerical sizing.
—Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2026
Anchoring the property is the roughly 50,000-square-foot primary residence featuring numerous living rooms, dining areas, and lounges.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
The forum will have a marketplace area featuring such vendors as RIF Care, Vita Parfum, Modern Muze, Tecuane, Youth Dealer, Lil Libros, Valdé Beauty and Marme Hats.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
The World Jane Goodall Inspired, a collection created by Vital Impacts featuring works by Nick Brandt, Frans Lanting, Cristina Mittermeier, Steve Winter, Ami Vitale, Jim Naughten, among others.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
The Laugh Factory has announced an upcoming line of collectible trading cards featuring some of comedy's biggest names at a show in Hollywood next week.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Other guest stars featuring throughout the season include The Bachelorette’s Charity Lawson, Love Thy Nader’s Sarah Jane Nader, Vanderpump Villa’s Ekin-Su, and Project Runway Season 21 winner Veejay Floresca.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for featuring
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Even so, The Pitt‘s 2025 Emmy win for Outstanding Drama Series was a shot in the arm for the hospital genre, highlighting how audiences could respond to gritty storytelling focused on characters working in brutal, relentless circumstances.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Yet, these authors and their peers such as Naomi Schaefer Riley continually shrink this extraordinarily complex problem to outcomes only — framing broken families in deeply dark narratives of horror, highlighting failures and demanding accountability.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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But dismantling polluting industries, trying to clean up our air and our water, and imagining a health care system not driven by profit would take coordinated, radical restructuring.—
Hannah Kerman,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
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And looking at things from different angles and imagining different outcomes is a social worker skill that helps me as a fiction writer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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The series poignantly addresses the complexities of teenage struggles, particularly through Justin’s undiagnosed ADHD and Keisha’s experience of trauma, emphasizing the importance of unconditional support and the intersection of mental health with race and class in today’s world.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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In addition to emphasizing neighbors helping neighbors, the Buy Nothing groups build community through the gift economy.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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The one big missing piece was seeing her team finally capture an elusive state championship.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mario Tama / Getty Images file In a report whose data was largely compiled before the recent run-up, Bank of America analysts found that so far, only lower-income households were seeing a significant impact on their budgets from higher gas prices.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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The same instinct shows up in the lifestyle creator influencer accent, characterized by uptalk and the lengthening and extra stressing on words.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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The authors take aim at TRIPS and TRIPS-Plus agreements by stressing the dangers of a colonialism of information that ignores individual countries’ political and economic circumstances.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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In 1866, Howells had been able to recognize the connection between ending slavery, envisioning equality, and the broadest expression of the American idea.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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But reflection on those few hours of celebration — that wild scramble to enjoy the moment, yet hurry to get everyone ready to go home — left the Dodgers envisioning one of the few things this contemporary dynasty has yet to accomplish.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The test case—picturing a cow doing ballet—produces a smug bovine pirouetting.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Like many abstract artists before her, Colón, who was born in Canada to a Puerto Rican father and now lives in Los Angeles, is enamored of picturing the world in its most fundamental form, and maybe even evoking something like the universal.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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