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The Kochs attempt to illustrate the latter point with a chart that tracks global average gross domestic product per capita, adjusted for inflation, over two millennia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Both examples illustrate one of the most striking strengths of AI models.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
But it does illustrate that the value of a good adviser extends beyond investment selection.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Prosecutors also called to the stand Burke's former financial manager, Benjamin Greger, to illustrate his financial motive to protect his music career.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Homer’s vigor and power of storytelling, the pretty fancies of Theocritus, the smart cynicism of Lucian, illustrate in their degree the course of Greek literature.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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It illustrates a key issue facing The Hundred after its first year since the private investment that has resulted in several rebranded teams - including Sunrisers, who took the place of the Northern Superchargers.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The phenomenon illustrates the growing influence TV can have on real estate and tourism.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
According to the researchers, this recurring pattern illustrates the experimental nature of evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“No,” Annemarie said, “he works from home. He illustrates medical journals.”
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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The tepid showing illustrated how the Warner Bros. studio has fallen since last year when it was riding high at the box office with “Sinners,” and “A Minecraft Movie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Apple under Tim Cook’s leadership has illustrated the virtues of sticking to one’s knitting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
This co-operation is illustrated by one of its first cases of Ebola, a nurse who contracted the virus while working in an intensive care unit in Kampala.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The recipes are interspersed with stories from Kwon’s childhood in the store and illustrated spreads devoted to ingredients such as seaweed and tofu, explaining their varieties, particular virtues and best uses.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
A very simple numerical principle that’s sometimes of use in accounting for the certainty of a particular kind of coincidence is illustrated by the mailman who has twenty-one letters to distribute among twenty mailboxes.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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That’s more than 3% of the country’s adult population, illustrating the feverish extent of stock market speculation and the danger of leverage.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Eight of the tournament's 48 squads have at least as many players born abroad as in the country, illustrating how modern international football increasingly mirrors patterns of migration.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the finale, the officers team up against the judges, illustrating the power of working together, like our family.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
In Columbus, Ohio, officials pointed to Austin as an example illustrating the city’s own growth challenges so it could “pivot quickly…and make that intervention early,” says Erin Prosser, the city’s deputy director of housing strategies.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
And I really have gotten better at illustrating people.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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