marker

Example Sentences

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Surely the Ritz Cinema is the theater Herriot describes as he begins his courtship of Helen Alderson; a blue circle marker proudly declares its date of establishment as a picture house, 1912.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In 2025, as a marker of her success, SiriusXM gave her an entire channel of her own.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

A living marker of African history that existed long before it was formally documented.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

From there, it traveled by ship to ports such as Boston, where local grandees adopted it as a marker of cosmopolitanism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

I think about it some more, and finally grab a marker to write.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks