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"On time" for us was thirty minutes before school actually started, because the half hour before the first bell was the highlight of our social calendars: standing outside the side door that led into the band room and just talking.
p. 11.4 *

highlight = best part
"Her hair is ridiculous," I said.
"I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes."
p. 46.8 *

highlights = strips of hair that are lighter in color
There were several quotes highlighted in blue, all from the epically long poem known as "Song of Myself."
p. 116.1

highlighted = marked as important
And there were two lines from the poem that were highlighted in green:
p. 116.2
But I also read and reread everything highlighted in blue:
p. 116.5
I'd brought Margo's copy of Leaves of Grass to school, and I started reading the highlighted parts of "Song of Myself" again, under the desk while Mr. Jiminez scratched away at the blackboard.
p. 121.2
I handed it to Radar after a few minutes, and he looked at it for a while before writing on the corner of his notebook closest to me, The green highlighting must mean something.
p. 121.3

highlighting = marking of important text
There must be some code in the highlighted lines or something.
p. 122.3

highlighted = marked as important
All afternoon, I kept feeling like it wasn't doing any good to look at the highlighted quotes, but then I would get bored and reach into my backpack and put the book on my lap and go back to it.
p. 123.5
I think about things she highlighted: "To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier."
p. 142.7 *
Even though I knew the highlighted parts were probably the only important parts, I wanted to know whether it was a suicide-note kind of poem.
p. 150.4
As she did, I told her, "I've been thinking a lot about the highlighted parts."
p. 160.5
If you go to the end of 'Song of Myself,' she highlights this stuff about dying.
p. 160.5

highlights = marks as important
She flipped back and tapped at the green highlighted quote with her fingernail.
p. 160.6

highlighted = marked as important
"But, I mean, from what she highlighted, it seems kinda like a suicide note," I said.
p. 161.1
Mostly I just read the parts she highlighted.
p. 161.6
I thought of the highlighted Whitman: "If no other in the world be aware I sit content, / And if each and all be aware I sit content."
p. 185.3
She reads the Whitman and highlights "I tramp a perpetual journey," because that's the kind of thing she likes to imagine herself doing, the kind of thing she likes to plan.
p. 233.9

highlights = marks as important
Tape the Woody poster to the back of the blinds, circle the song on the record, highlight those two lines from "Song of Myself" in a different color than I'd highlighted stuff when I was actually reading it.
p. 293.1

highlight = mark text (typically with a fluorescent marker)
Tape the Woody poster to the back of the blinds, circle the song on the record, highlight those two lines from "Song of Myself" in a different color than I'd highlighted stuff when I was actually reading it.
p. 293.1

highlighted = marked as important
The final three stanzas of "Song of Myself" were also highlighted.†
p. 116.9 *

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(1) (highlight as in: highlight the main findings)
emphasize (call attention to something)
(2) (highlight as in: highlights of the year)
something that stands out
(3) (highlight as in: highlights and shadows)
noun: something that is lighter and draws attention -- such as an area of a painting

verb: making something lighter -- such as an area of a painting
(4) (highlight as in: highlights in hair)
noun: a strip of hair that is lighter

verb: making strips of hair lighter
(5) (highlight as in: highlights with a yellow marker)
to mark important text; or something that is marked to draw attention to it -- as with a felt-tip pen with a bright, transparent ink
(6) (highlight as in: highlights the text and deletes)
select (on a computer screen)
(7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The form highlighter, can also refer to a type of makeup that draws attention to parts of the face.

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