illustrate
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Sometimes it is the details that best illustrate the broader canvas.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
They cite data from the public markets to illustrate their point.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
To illustrate this, Bengen created a $100,000 portfolio of 65% stocks, 30% bonds, and 5% cash, allocations that he calls “pretty much optimal” under most situations.
From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026
Also offering fine support are K. Todd Freeman and Michael Benjamin Washington as Willy’s neighbor Charley and his son, who illustrate by their starkly contrasting values how Willy has morally failed himself and his children.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
To illustrate this, Korn points to the Spanish flu pandemic.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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