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illustrate

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




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The monthly jobs reports from January through May help illustrate these trends.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The fraught circumstances of Pelley’s departure illustrate a broader moment of crisis within CBS News and its signature show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“It’ll basically illustrate, if we don’t already realize it, that walkability has been sort of a very forgotten stepchild of all of our transportation planning and building over the years.”

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Chilling films and Lynchian surrealism pervade the tracklist of “Be Sweet to Me,” which relies on symbolic lyricism to illustrate coming-of-age stories.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

An experiment may help to illustrate how and why this is the case.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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