as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the relief figures stand out from the wall quite strikingly
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as in star
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
several standouts from showbiz were at the gala
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as in beauty
something very good of its kind
his debut novel was a standout in an otherwise lackluster year
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Recent Examples of stand out
Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Trump complicates the task As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, healthcare stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
At Tesoro, the property’s adults-only venue, standout drinks like the Gulf Sunrise and Gulf Sunset provide a sophisticated, alcohol-free way to toast the evening.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The following stood out as the three biggest causes of concern for Canada as they get set to turn the page and regroup to face Germany on Sunday and ultimately Team USA on New Year’s Eve.
—Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Trump complicates the task As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, healthcare stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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One standout is Palau to Tempio Pausania, which crosses the Gallura in the northern area of the island.
—Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
At Tesoro, the property’s adults-only venue, standout drinks like the Gulf Sunrise and Gulf Sunset provide a sophisticated, alcohol-free way to toast the evening.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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In 1970, Smithson traveled to the Great Salt Lake’s Rozel Point peninsula, northwest of Salt Lake City, and arranged 6,000 tons of local black basalt rock into a 1,500-foot-long, protruding line, which reaches into the lake and curls counterclockwise into a spiral.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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The attack was foiled when a Secret Service agent spotted a firearm protruding from the bushes.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Viggo Mortensen, one of Alonso’s recurrent collaborators, stars as a father searching for his daughter in the first segment set in the Old West, which cleverly gives way to present-day South Dakota, and eventually to the Brazilian Amazon a few decades in the past.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3 winner, musician, and TV star Trixie Mattel announced Monday in a new YouTube video that she and longtime partner and Trixie Motel costar David Silver have broken up.EW.com, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.Jamie Ballard, Allure, 2 Jan. 2025
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Photographed on December 29, the musician and beauty mogul was spotted in a vintage, tricolor brown Oscar De La Renta fur hat—sourced from vintage boutique My Haute Wardrobe.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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For all the holes that will try to be poked in Penn State’s Playoff resume in the next week-plus, the reality is this group does a lot of things well.Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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The following day, Wilson poked fun at herself on Instagram, posting a video of herself jumping up and down, dancing and squatting in a pair of brown bell-bottoms and a whole new show outfit.Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Holland’s entry into the non-alcoholic beer market arrives as the sober-curious movement gains traction, amplified by celebrity endorsements.Rachel King, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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The election saw President-elect Donald Trump defeat Vice President Kamala Harris, after which some celebrities, such as Ellen DeGeneres, moved out of the United States.Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
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After an overtime Super Bowl win, a star tight end kissed his girlfriend, the world's most successful pop star, as confetti flew—the stuff dreams are made of.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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For years, he’s been trading their good, young players and draft picks for a dream.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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However, the chapter about new revenue streams stuck out as strange.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Within the Nasdaq 100, MicroStrategy sticks out like a sore thumb from its peers.Edan Yago, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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In an interview with conservative media personality and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly in early December, Hegseth admitting to being in a hotel room with the woman but denied raping her.Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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The Singularity, published three years earlier, during the same affair, concerns a scientist who turns a mountain into a supercomputer and gives it the personality of his dead wife, a younger woman who was persistently unfaithful to him.Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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