make visible

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According to the museum, the goal is not only display but transparency: to make visible objects whose ownership history remains incomplete and to encourage potential heirs or claimants to come forward.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

But those three, and people like them in ports around the world, all want the same thing — to make visible the invisible seafarer.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

One of the main differences between government data and activist data is that activist data is not there only to make visible the issue, but also to make visible the women.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 15, 2022

The two satellites will be used to locate, quantify and make visible plumes of methane and carbon pollution, which remain major obstacles in the fight against climate change.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

Vis′ualīse, to make visible or visual, externalise to the eye.—v.i. to call up a clear mental image.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various