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illustrate

[il-uh-streyt, ih-luhs-treyt] / ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt /




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“I don’t know where I’m going,” he sings on “Bleed,” adding, “But it feels like I’ve been here before” as if to illustrate the point.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

But Prof Damian Roland, a practising emergency medicine consultant, notes that the drama does illustrate wider health challenges.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

This may illustrate the point Rogers made about Polish stocks being under-owned:

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

To illustrate the time savings of building autonomous AI agents with Astra, the company said the model could cut apartment hunting from six hours to under 10 minutes.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The other, he said, are American investment banks and financial services companies, which often need to prepare glossy pamphlets with graphs to illustrate the benefits of an IPO or a proposed merger.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Economists said the fund crisis illustrates the need for deeper overhauls in Turkey’s economic and judicial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

With memory-chip prices so high, Micron saw its earnings per share rise 1,215% in its last-reported quarter, which illustrates the extent of profit improvement that investors have come to know.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Watching how United pass the ball illustrates this point well.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Hegel’s reading of “Antigone” illustrates his thesis-antithesis-synthesis view of dialectical progress.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The outcome clearly illustrates how environments can affect economy, technology, political organization, and fighting skills within a short time.

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

Ah Sing illustrated its tortured central character, Aerius, as a muscled romance book cover star — with a twist.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

That illustrated the sense of satisfaction she felt after winning a title few had predicted - not because of her game but her history in New York.

From BBC Sep. 12, 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

Recent volumes include a 2023 edition of Zora Neale Hurston’s classic Harlem Renaissance novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” illustrated by Los Angeles artist Kenturah Davis that sold for $4,100 in the deluxe edition.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Like any minor scale, dorian minor may start on any note, but like dorian mode, it is often illustrated as natural notes beginning on d.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

However, City have also achieved around £300m worth of player sales this summer, illustrating the vast turnover at the start of the post-Guardiola era.

From BBC Sep. 2, 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

He explains that he’s illustrating the cocktail party effect.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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