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boldface

[bohld-feys] / 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

“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

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

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

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 Butler, Pierce

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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