marker

Example Sentences

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The late 1990s dot-com boom provides an important marker.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

However, that changed once researchers added two key traits into their models: brain size and the ratio between arm length and leg length, which is commonly used as a marker of bipedal movement.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Levine said recent studies show that a lower sperm count is associated with higher morbidity — meaning a low sperm count can be a marker of poor health in general.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Surely the Ritz Cinema is the theater Herriot describes as he begins his courtship of Helen Alderson; a blue circle marker proudly declares its date of establishment as a picture house, 1912.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

I get an idea and grab the black marker from her.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks