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Recent Examples of highlighted
Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
This effortlessly cool approach to highlighted hair is surprisingly low-maintenance.
—Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Hart re-shared a Fox News clip that highlighted an increase in Bible sales, downloads of religious mobile apps and streams of contemporary Christian music, with celebratory emojis.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The senator made the comments in a post on X, which highlighted a recent study that revealed an increase in left-wing political violence in recent years.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
Owens highlighted her career as an attorney, which brought applicable experience working on large transactions, weighing litigation decisions and reading contracts.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Straw and natural fiber handbags emerged as a key trend, highlighted by Erdem’s raffia handbag and Dior’s basket-weave styles.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Our expert, Jim Fischer, highlighted its playful design, and simple photo sharing abilities, in his in-depth review.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
The divided landscape of right-of-center voters in NH-1 was highlighted during the 2024 election cycle, when Republican House candidate Russell Prescott captured 46% of the vote (185,936 ballots), trailing Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas’s 54% (218,577 ballots).
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
More will be highlighted in upcoming issues.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
Halle Berry and Sabrina Elba both opted for shaggy brown haircuts; the former, a highlighted bob, and the latter, a mid-length single-tone with textured bangs.
—Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
This effortlessly cool approach to highlighted hair is surprisingly low-maintenance.
—Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Researchers from Peking University, the University of Cambridge, and partner institutions highlighted that glass is often used to immobilize contaminants such as radionuclides and heavy metals, locking them safely inside a stable structure.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Hart re-shared a Fox News clip that highlighted an increase in Bible sales, downloads of religious mobile apps and streams of contemporary Christian music, with celebratory emojis.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The senator made the comments in a post on X, which highlighted a recent study that revealed an increase in left-wing political violence in recent years.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
Owens highlighted her career as an attorney, which brought applicable experience working on large transactions, weighing litigation decisions and reading contracts.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Straw and natural fiber handbags emerged as a key trend, highlighted by Erdem’s raffia handbag and Dior’s basket-weave styles.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Our expert, Jim Fischer, highlighted its playful design, and simple photo sharing abilities, in his in-depth review.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
The divided landscape of right-of-center voters in NH-1 was highlighted during the 2024 election cycle, when Republican House candidate Russell Prescott captured 46% of the vote (185,936 ballots), trailing Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas’s 54% (218,577 ballots).
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
More will be highlighted in upcoming issues.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highlighted
Verb
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Rietveld’s architectural design emphasized the geometric forms of the building in the same way as would a De Stijl painting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Competitive runners emphasized the value of performance-enhancing features—such as carbon plates—but stressed that these should not come at the expense of comfort.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The gown's train featured a vaguely psychedelic ombre dip-dye pattern in shades of aubergine, sky blue, and lavender.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Here is a look at key takeaways from chats with the people behind three films featured at LFF and their future plans.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When stressed, injured, or aging, this tiny hydrozoan, Turritopsis dohrnii, can reverse its life cycle.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Reflecting on the experience to WXII 12, Handy stressed the importance of his positive mindset.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While show caves attract more than 70 million visitors annually worldwide, more and more travelers are pushing past the paved walkways and illuminated paths.—
Heide Brandes,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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While not statistically significant, their experiments also found a higher catch rate of yellowtail fish in the illuminated nets.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Highlighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highlighted. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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