illustrate
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The latest findings illustrate how exceptional atmospheric conditions can temporarily produce severe ozone depletion without reversing decades of environmental progress.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
He used the early months of the pandemic to illustrate his point about confidence and timing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Sutherland said it was an "absolute honour" to be given the opportunity to illustrate the Christmas stamps for the Royal Mail.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“And then you have to illustrate, in a good manner, what the vision is for how we’re going to play and improve the results.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Only then did I remember what the beauty of the meadow had driven from my mind — the enigma of Edward and the sun, which he’d promised to illustrate for me today.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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He says the public confrontation with senior political figures illustrates how the succession debate was spilling beyond the army and into the ruling party.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
That operating margin illustrates that Microsoft is able to retain about half of the revenue that it brings in after accounting for the cost of business operations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
To me, that just illustrates how much more complex a big auto CMO’s job is now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
"The discovery illustrates how much fungus biodiversity remains to be discovered in East Asian forests."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
“And this illustrates why we tell parents to wait until their kids have socialized with other children like them, before revealing the truth about whatnots,” the mystery woman said, above him.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Parents and grandparents who make up stories for their children and grandchildren often think: “I would love to turn this into an illustrated book.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The daunting challenge faced by the Fed was illustrated by the latest snapshot on inflation in October.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
In her dissenting opinion, Justice Elena Kagan illustrated the consequences of eliminating these limits with the example of a single check from one individual for $551,300.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Although the impact of this incident had been limited, it illustrated the weakness of a crucial system, Baliutov said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Perhaps the histories of Native American wheels and writing exemplify the principles illustrated in a more extreme form by true island societies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The wave of apparent cyberattacks affected at least a half-dozen more countries in Europe, spurring investigations across the continent and illustrating how even mundane physical infrastructure is susceptible to hacking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Their eventual collision could help produce an even more massive black hole, illustrating a process that may have been essential to the growth of the universe's earliest cosmic giants.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
The rotation into long-dated Treasury ETFs is more than five standard deviations away from its historical average, illustrating just how extreme this shift is relative to normal activity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Chelsea feature in six of the 10 busiest club pairings, illustrating the scale of their player trading since the BlueCo consortium completed its takeover.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
And I really have gotten better at illustrating people.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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