- present tense form of illustrate (3rd person singular).
illustrates
Example Sentences
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The partnership illustrates the strategies chip makers are deploying to secure high-profile customers during America’s AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The film also shows Maddox and her father in a vicious argument inside her car that illustrates the fracturing of their once-close bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Her husband, a shift worker himself, illustrates the problem with quiet precision.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
"That does not mean all are under the rubble, but it illustrates the scale of the distress facing families."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Students of neurology or psychology study his case because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex—the two halves of your brain that meet in your forehead—are the seat of "executive functions."
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
