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boldface

[bohld-fays] / ˈboʊldˌfeɪs /
NOUN
typeface
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In the early 2000s, England’s so-called Golden Generation was undone by simmering rivalries between the boldface names.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Yet the cavalcade of boldface names and industry players never ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

But many outlets, such as this one, presented the speech with the lines used in the ad in boldface, so anyone could see there was no misrepresentation of Reagan’s general feelings about trade and tariffs.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

During the last decade, this group exhibition has become a must-see for gallery hoppers who have flocked to view the works of such boldface art-world names as Mark Ryden, Tracey Emin and Jill Greenberg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

The countries were arranged by continent, six to a page, with the capitals in boldface, followed by a short entry on the population, government, and other statistics.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The text of “Service Ready” comes laced with boldfaced aphorisms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

But it’s unclear how much the streaming service, known for specials by boldfaced names like John Mulaney and Adam Sandler, cares about minting stars.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

At least one group had hoped the guidelines would retain numerical caps in one of the boldfaced recommendations for prescribers.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

The terminology adopted by me for the jaw musculature is in boldfaced italic type.

From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz

Rather it’s a purposefully rousing homage to the ideals of journalistic independence, governmental accountability and gender equality that isn’t averse to underlining, italicizing and boldfacing why those principles are more important than ever.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017

He says Indeed tried to find a way to keep it on the label just by boldfacing the first letters of Lavender Sunflower Date.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016

But when historians chronicle the early 2000s, Hurlburt gambles, they’ll be boldfacing “War on Terror” in their textbooks.

From Time ● Feb. 15, 2013


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