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illustrate

[il-uh-strayt, ih-luhs-trayt] / ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt /




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Recent advances by IBM, IonQ, Nvidia, and others illustrate the new promise of the complex technology.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The best way to illustrate this equilibrium is with annuity payout rates — how much monthly income you could purchase with a given amount of money.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

According to the researchers, those results illustrate how optical computation could provide a more secure and dependable foundation for some artificial intelligence systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

But studies by Yale researchers illustrate the need for more oversight of NIH grants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Innumerable examples are available to illustrate each mode of amalgamation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

So even that episode actually illustrates that worries about precommitment are overblown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Their disagreement illustrates something missing from much of the current debate: We keep talking about AI as though it were one thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The MAL story also illustrates how much complexity is hidden behind the familiar letters A, B, AB and O.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

A study by economists at Tufts University on the effect that homeownership has on the wealth trajectory of low-income households illustrates the importance of timing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Here is a famous story called The Monty Hall Problem which I have included in this book because it illustrates what I mean.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

There’s a method to all this madness, and it’s best illustrated by the fact that Vance is the one leading the charge.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

It could quickly reverse, as illustrated earlier in the summer when assumptions about a deescalation in the US Iran conflict led to sharp falls in energy prices and yields.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Philippe recalled receiving illustrated letters almost every week, filled with drawings, doodles and notes of affection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The market timers’ unseemly rush for the exits is illustrated in the accompanying chart of the average recommended equity exposure among a subset of short-term market timers who focus on the Nasdaq stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The heavily illustrated volume, just 165 pages long, presented incontrovertible evidence that humans and chimpanzees were built to the same body plan.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

It means that China has the leading two players in the rankings for the first time, further illustrating the country's position as a snooker superpower.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In recent years, Unite Here Local 11 has filed numerous complaints over the Inglewood facility, claiming various wage and health issues, illustrating a bitter battle over movement at the bargaining table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Also this week, the army landed an Apache attack helicopter at coast guard headquarters, illustrating increased integration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

Many more vignettes illustrating this and other simple logical errors might be cited, but the point is clear enough: both innumeracy and defective logic provide a fertile soil for the growth of pseudoscience.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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