boldface
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He has tangled with authorities in multiple states and broadcasts his moves on social media, including to boldface followers like Loomer and the musician Moby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Yet the cavalcade of boldface names and industry players never ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
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
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
It is a concept album that reckons forcefully with her past — not just the boldfaced part, but also the myriad woes and distortions that conspired to make her feel fearful and less-than.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
And the reputational stink once associated with the celebrity “line” of products has diminished with their ubiquity, creating a win-win — or at least no-lose-no-lose — situation for boldfaced names in search of a foothold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
The dinner was a nostalgic mingling of boldfaced names from politics, business, Hollywood and fashion.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 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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Reading: Informational - Middle School
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