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boldface

[bohld-fays] / ˈboʊldˌfeɪs /
NOUN
typeface
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Yet the cavalcade of boldface names and industry players never ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Similar checks soon came from John’s older brothers and their wives, and from other boldface names of San Francisco society: the Schwabs of finance, the Swigs of real estate, the Pritzkers of hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

“White Rabbit Red Rabbit” doesn’t need boldface names, but it does depend on the curiosity of ordinary theatergoers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025

Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024

He said this in boldface type, capital letters.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

The category of audio book, narration and storytelling recording is a jumble of boldfaced names, with nods for Meryl Streep, William Shatner, Rick Rubin, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Before that, though, he enjoyed hobnobbing with an ever-growing roster of boldfaced names in the entertainment and business worlds.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

Duplicity, the most boldfaced trickery, had been resorted to, to lead Maximilian off the true scent.

From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Pierce Butler

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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