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high·light·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. highlight, highlightingnoun

    an area of lightness in a picture

Wiktionary

  1. highlightingnoun

    An area of the skin or hair containing highlights.

  2. highlightingadjective

    Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.

ChatGPT

  1. highlighting

    Highlighting refers to the act of emphasizing or drawing attention to something specific, such as certain text, data, or areas in a piece of work. It is often done using bright colors, underlines, bold type, or other visual marks in order to make certain elements stand out from the rest. This technique can be used in various fields like education, art, computing, hair styling etc. and can have different meanings depending on the context.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of highlighting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of highlighting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of highlighting in a Sentence

  1. Warner Bros:

    There is much more on the horizon, all highlighting that the global interest in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World in every medium is as strong as ever.

  2. Eric Dayton:

    The New York Times had done an article highlighting different Thanksgiving side dishes, for Minnesota, they named grape salad as our signature side dish. And no one in Minnesota had ever heard of grape salad... it was kind of a harmless example, but if we don't tell the rest of the country who we are, we end up with grape salad.

  3. Arnaud Scarpaci:

    These job figures are highlighting the widening gap between U.S. and European monetary policies. People are booking profits on U.S. stocks and rushing into Europe where quantitative easing is just starting, after such a rally, we're ripe for a pull-back in Europe, but the investment inflows are so strong that the dips remain shallow.

  4. Your Perfect Mexican Daughter:

    And when you look back at her history, she did things her way and enjoyed her own process, so I’ve just been highlighting a few things here and there. It really... it puts me to sleep. It’s a win-win.

  5. Michael Robb:

    This is an important study in highlighting some of the potential risks associated with media use, and specifically handheld mobile devices, what's driving the effect is very important. The negative effects may be due to screen time replacing parent-child interaction (playing, reading, talking, singing, etc.) which are critical for healthy development.

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