marker

Example Sentences

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CA19-9 levels can rise in non-cancerous conditions like pancreatitis or bile duct obstruction, and some people do not produce the marker at all due to genetic differences.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

“I’m struck by that in a way the crayon or marker drawing is provisional — there’s no final form to it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

With an unbeaten 97, Samson laid down the marker.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

After the father’s guilty plea, the prosecutor said that he hoped it “laid down a marker to other prosecutors, to other police in this country, to other parents, that they must be held accountable.”

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Then I take a marker and print a few words across the cover in my neatest handwriting.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan