Example Sentences

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What exactly is meant by “the underlying assessments“? How can they be “similar” when the results for the articles the study spotlighted are materially different?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"So it's amazing when you can get spotlighted in that way and you're still breaking through but you're around these huge heritage names," Maisie says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The justice did more than accuse her colleagues of misapplying the law; she also spotlighted their refusal to defend their actions, suggesting that they stayed silent because they had no defense.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Super Bowl LX was overrun with advertisements from many AI majors, including OpenAI, which promoted its coding platform Codex, and Google’s Gemini, which spotlighted its photo-generation capabilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

One eye on the binnacle, the other on the spotlighted water before his bow, Kabuo inched forward on blind faith.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson