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boldface

[bohld-fays] / ˈboʊldˌfeɪs /
NOUN
typeface
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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

Many of the Renaissance’s boldface names make an appearance here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 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

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

Other terms seem to be introduced with no rationale other than that they look impressive when printed in boldface type inside a little box in the middle of the page.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

This week, she muscled in on the battle over the newest and most advanced technology in the world that has been dominated by boldfaced names like Sam Altman and Jensen Huang.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Jurors may have recognized the boldfaced names from the news and might have seen them react to evidence or testimony, Wise said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024

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

The dinner was a nostalgic mingling of boldfaced names from politics, business, Hollywood and fashion.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

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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