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as in highlighted
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as in publicized
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Verb
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The Lake County Coroner’s Office has identified the Gary man shot and killed by Gary Police Wednesday morning after a hostage situation involving a 1-year-old child.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025 -
The victims were sisters and identified by a family member only as 9-year-old Sammy and 13-year-old Valery, ABC 6 News reported.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Researchers specifically focused on the Gulf of California, a biodiversity hotspot.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Modern breeders have focused not just on leaf color, but on traits including leaf size and shape.—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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His suit featured four-bar motifs, which harkened back to the label’s men’s resort 2024 collection.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Also among the photos was a shot of Chicago’s incredible personalized cake, which featured a pink and white cowboy boot, a western belt and ‘Chi’ written out in pink rope.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Last spring the company’s 16 remaining stores abruptly closed after Outdoor Voices reportedly stopped paying a number of its vendors and neglected to pay rent on some of the stores for months, according to published reports.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
28 July 2025
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According to published reports, Ellison has explored purchasing The Free Press, a flourishing news site founded by Bari Weiss perhaps best known for a former NPR editor’s study of liberal bias in public broadcasting.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 July 2025
Verb
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The researchers emphasized that this system must be incredibly efficient, as squid can use the energy to alter their entire body’s appearance underwater where only low levels of light can penetrate.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2025
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What to Know Oz also emphasized the role of technology, artificial intelligence, and telemedicine in making health care more efficient and accessible.—
Gabe Whisnant,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Above all, broadcast hero stories internally; behavior follows narrative.—
Jim Stevenson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Prices were high, rentals were prevalent, and the 2025 trade deadline passed with a record 36 deals – including unexpected stunners for Carlos Correa, Mason Miller, and the Rogers twins.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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As Dan at Casual Optimist pointed out, peephole eyes are weirdly prevalent this month.—
Emily Temple
July 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
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“Spotlighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotlighted. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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