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marker

[mahr-ker] / ˈmɑr kər /
NOUN
a writing instrument
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One marker: The Federal Trade Commission received 1,626 immigration service fraud complaints in 2025, up from 1,315 the year before and 623 reports in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

This was a marker from England for the rest of this event and the Olympics in two years' time, when Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can add reinforcements too.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

An increase, above all, would lay down a marker.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The added marker consisted of three copies of an eight-amino-acid sequence known as a 3xFLAG-tag.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Draw a mouth and nose using the marker.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

By watching how the reference markers lined up during assembly, they could carefully set the rotation angle between the two layers.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Text books, notebooks, pens and markers lay scattered across his bed and study table.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The number of achievement markers have grown in recent years, according to Credential Engine, a nonprofit studying the wide world of work-related qualifications.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

One evening, Emily Kagan, a poet and healthcare executive who was one of the facilitators, passed around markers and colored sheets of origami paper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Even Amari, his drawing pad halfway out of his backpack, the colored markers gathered in their rubber band on his desk.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson




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