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Malik recently told Zane Lowe that he was "always going to rebel against the system" and while this new track is a marked step towards stabilising his solo career – imagine the decadent sultriness of the Weeknd minus the drugs and shame – it is relatively safe in the realm of modern pop (but perhaps the eeriness of Rihanna's Anti has distorted my expectations of pop).

It's a marked step forward in Google's quest to better monetize YouTube, but I remain unconvinced.

This is a marked step-up year on year (from 22.1%).

The quality is clearly a marked step down.

While there was no indication of substantive progress, there was a marked change in tone afterwards.

Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri was a marked man from the moment he stepped down as leader in late 2004 – with assassins watching almost his every move until they killed him on 14 February 2005, the international tribunal into his death has heard.

The skeptic was a marked man.

It was a marked improvement on his last fight.

After which there was a marked fall in weekend submissions.

That was a marked contrast to his opponents tonight.

Secondly, tonight's was a marked improvement on last week.