illustrate
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To illustrate, consider a scenario in which you purchase an iPhone 17 standard model, which retails for around $800, with bitcoin that you purchased for half its current price.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
“It’ll basically illustrate, if we don’t already realize it, that walkability has been sort of a very forgotten stepchild of all of our transportation planning and building over the years.”
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
The big moves illustrate how AI investments can result in a windfall for a vast interconnected web of companies, some of whom are direct competitors.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Chilling films and Lynchian surrealism pervade the tracklist of “Be Sweet to Me,” which relies on symbolic lyricism to illustrate coming-of-age stories.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
It had been at the beginning of fifth grade, when their teacher had had them take selfies to illustrate an essay about “My favorite place to read.”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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