featured

adjective

fea·​tured ˈfē-chərd How to pronounce featured (audio)
1
: having facial features of a particular kind
used in combination
a heavy-featured lout
2
: displayed, advertised, or presented as a special attraction

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Nightingale has been a featured talent on both AEW television programming and for Ring of Honor (ROH). Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 The initiative, called From Milan to the World, would spotlight nonprofit organizations in different cities on each continent and provide funding to those that received the most votes in a featured contest. Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 For its inaugural New York City run last year, All Things Go featured performances by Janelle Monáe, Reneé Rapp, Muna, Ethel Cain and Julien Baker, among others. Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025 But the featured musician doesn’t always receive official credit. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for featured

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of featured was in the 15th century

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“Featured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/featured. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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