as in to emphasize
to make more apparent
a history of the Old West that underscores the role that pioneer women had in bringing order and stability to the wild frontier
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Recent Examples of underscore
Nearly half of Dutch voters remain undecided, according to Ipsos, underscoring how fluid the race remains.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Finding joy is directly associated with living longer, Garcia-Tunon underscored.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Lavrov also met in Moscow with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, underscoring growing military cooperation between the two countries.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The outcome, with no legal means to be overturned, further cements Biya’s decades-long grip on power and underscores the resilience of Cameroon’s entrenched political system, largely based on patronage.
—Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Finding joy is directly associated with living longer, Garcia-Tunon underscored.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Lavrov also met in Moscow with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, underscoring growing military cooperation between the two countries.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The outcome, with no legal means to be overturned, further cements Biya’s decades-long grip on power and underscores the resilience of Cameroon’s entrenched political system, largely based on patronage.
—Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underscore
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Al-Falih emphasized his country’s long-term strategy of building supply chain resilience and energy capacity to power the digital economy of the future.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The researcher emphasizes that this advancement supports a wide range of applications, from precise lithium monitoring in healthcare and improved performance in battery technologies to reliable measurements in environmental analysis.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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These past two days have reinforced for me the importance of codifying principles and creating a road map to achieve them.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Underscore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underscore. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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