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highlighter

[ hahy-lahy-ter ]

noun

  1. a felt-tip pen with a wide nib for highlighting passages of printed material in a soft, transparent color.
  2. a cosmetic powder or cream applied to the face in places where light would naturally hit, as the cheeks, forehead, chin, and center of the nose, to create a glowing effect.


highlighter

/ ˈhaɪˌlaɪtə /

noun

  1. a cosmetic cream or powder applied to the face to highlight the cheekbones, eyes, etc
  2. a fluorescent felt-tip pen used as a marker to emphasize a section of text without obscuring it


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Word History and Origins

Origin of highlighter1

First recorded in 1965–70; highlight + -er 1( def )

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Example Sentences

Red Hen adds a 20 percent gratuity to the bill — then flags it with a highlighter for transparency.

He identified one suitable hue in a derivative of the ink in pink highlighters.

Over the July 4 weekend, Audrey pored over their plea deals with a highlighter to understand what it might mean for her husband.

From Time

Rising from his seat, Derkach uncapped a highlighter and began to draw schematics on a whiteboard, an indecipherable pattern of squiggles and numbers.

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Covid-19 has been a great highlighter of inequality.

From Quartz

She is about to get pages 196 and 197, torn from People and heavily marked with a highlighter pen, shoved under her door.

Later Hudgens and Benson wear the same highlighter-yellow two-piece.

Uncap your highlighter, however, when you see the word “Yellowstone” or “father,” or “cancer.”

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