featuring

verb

present participle of feature
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 Related Stories The 2026 residency will feature a variety of live openers, afterparties featuring DJ sets from special guests, and more. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 The 2026 shows will again feature a rotating assortment of live openers, along with afterparties featuring DJ sets from special guests. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026 The owner’s suite opens to a panoramic outdoor space featuring a private pool designed for countercurrent swimming. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026 Amid its success, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that a theatrical rerelease featuring new footage is in the works from Sony Pictures. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 Further uniting both sneakers are mismatched outsoles featuring both logos. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 Last week, a TikTok video review was posted featuring two girls at Oddly Correct Coffee, 4141 Troost Ave. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 One of the most popular TV shows—and the winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series three years running—was The Mary Tyler Moore Show, featuring a single woman in her thirties working for a TV station. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Because the 28-man roster Pochettino called up for the first training camp of the new cycle is a little bit of both, featuring 13 players from the World Cup squad and 12 others making their first appearance with the senior national team. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for featuring
  1. highlighting
  2. imagining
  3. emphasizing
  4. seeing
  5. stressing
  6. envisioning
  7. picturing
Verb
  • The Aries Full Moon illuminates your expansive 9th house, highlighting travel, education, publishing, beliefs, or a direction that takes you beyond the familiar.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The pop culture science figure and TV host appears in a new campaign video for Talarico debuting on Friday, highlighting the candidate’s background as a teacher.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of highlighting
Verb
  • The 10-year-old who started The Cote News isn’t ready to stop seeing a blank page and imagining how to fill it with the right words, with stories, with humor and with heart.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Musgraves found comfort in imagining Parton reuniting with her husband, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of imagining
Verb
  • The Hearst newspaper chain’s first profile of Hitler made no explicit mention of antisemitism, emphasizing instead his hatred of the Bolsheviks.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Four 19th-century English vitrines each showcased a different story from the new collection, emphasizing Italian craft through materials, colors and techniques — and the unique interpretations of the Mosaico.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of emphasizing
Verb
  • That this particular kind of writing — and of seeing and explaining the world to readers — is going away with Swed, is truly a tragedy.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • How Floridians who seek compensation for damages from their insurers are seeing their claims rejected more often, in the wake of the sharp new limits on their ability to sue.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of seeing
Verb
  • At China’s signature AI conference in July, Xi called for greater openness and collaboration in AI, while stressing the need for regulation to keep it under human control.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Kate has repeatedly highlighted the importance of childhood experiences and early relationships, stressing that what happens in the formative years can influence wellbeing and development long into adulthood.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of stressing
Verb
  • At the foot of the Washington Monument, Americans and Brits took turns envisioning how the United States will look in 250 years.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Could this explain why so many of our most reputable creatives are exploring what was once peripheral, spoken of with disbelief, and envisioning it as another possible dimension of existence?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of envisioning
Verb
  • Consider techniques like progressive muscle relaxation, body scanning, box breathing, or even picturing your thoughts as clouds that are receding into the distance.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Two years ago, the royal spoke at the same gathering, against a backdrop of cell phone lock screens picturing children whose mental health had been affected by social media.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of picturing

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“Featuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featuring. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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