highlight
verb (used with object)
to emphasize or make prominent.
highlighted
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past participleof highlight.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof highlight.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
highlightverb (used with object)to emphasize or make prominent.
Example Sentences
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A visit from Baja orcas in Southern California and a kayaker’s close encounter with a great white shark in the San Francisco Bay Area highlighted a weekend of unexpected visitors along California’s shoreline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The RBA has highlighted rising fuel prices, a surge in artificial intelligence sector investment, and weak national productivity growth as factors stoking demand and keeping inflation elevated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Speaking to reporters in Helsinki, where Nordic leaders are meeting, Store said the 90-minute call had highlighted "big differences in views" on Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
He highlighted how exaggerated some moves were in the most popular hedge fund longs and shorts and pointed to it being the second-most volatile day of the year for this class of stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Some of these paperbacks have been through a lot: pages tinted brown from coffee spills, dog-eared corners, highlighted paragraphs and pencil markings in the margins.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
