highlighting

verb

present participle of highlight
as in emphasizing
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on according to the TV schedule, this week's "Astronomy Today" highlights the accomplishments of Maria Mitchell

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Recent Examples of highlighting The Sun in your 6th House opposes Saturn in your private 12th, highlighting the tension between productivity and the need for real rest. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026 Being about music, arts and highlighting people, that’s a blessing. — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 An art book highlighting her career, fashion and artistic collaborations, Ongoing was published under Rizzoli International Publications. — Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Days after Sylvester Stallone revealed his own history with bulimia, experts are highlighting a growing but often overlooked rise in eating disorders among men. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The Italian Navy reported that four submarines are currently in production simultaneously at Muggiano, highlighting the scale of industrial activity associated with the NFS programme. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026 Pharma giant Novo licenses Chinese weight-loss drug Danish pharma giant Novo licensed a weight-loss treatment developed by a Chinese firm, highlighting advances in China’s increasingly cutting-edge biotech sector. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The Aries Full Moon illuminates your expansive 9th house, highlighting travel, education, publishing, beliefs, or a direction that takes you beyond the familiar. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026 The pop culture science figure and TV host appears in a new campaign video for Talarico debuting on Friday, highlighting the candidate’s background as a teacher. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highlighting
  1. emphasizing
  2. stressing
  3. featuring
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  • Geoff warns Ilya to moderate his projections, emphasizing the need for safeguards, but the idealistic Russian is swept up in the vast potential of AI — to solve the climate crisis, cure cancer, even save humanity from itself.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a strappy sandal style was elevated by the sculptural wedge heel, emphasizing the comeback of the historic footwear style which has most recently gained steam as part of the ’90s and aughts fashion nostalgia wave.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of emphasizing
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  • The dynamic is stressing household budgets at a time when they’re already strained by broader affordability issues, a key issue in the upcoming midterm elections.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • At China’s signature AI conference in July, Xi called for greater openness and collaboration in AI, while stressing the need for regulation to keep it under human control.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of stressing
Verb
  • Airy styles were trending during the latest edition of Paris Fashion Week, featuring the likes of Zendaya and Jennifer Lawrence, among others, opting for delicate fabrics, designs and soft colorways.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • On view are copies of a mass-market 1977 book featuring the Renaissance master’s anatomical drawings; Basquiat owned a copy, a fount of inspiration for him.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of featuring

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“Highlighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highlighting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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