illustrate
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It was a surprising show of support from a woman who is invoked by prosecutors to illustrate the extent of Rubin’s deceit.
Advocates say cases like this illustrate how enforcement decisions made behind the scenes can be just as disruptive as public operations.
From Salon
They make clear that Duncanson mastered many genres of painting, and they illustrate why he is considered to be the earliest important African-American artist.
He illustrates his reflections with a story about his friends Jean and Stephen, whom he set up as a couple when they were all students at Oxford.
Recent acquisitions illustrate drugmakers’ aggressive pursuit of deals that could help them compete in hot markets, like obesity, and refuel with startups’ new products as their own top-selling medicines come off patent.
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