italic
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He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Other features fit with what we know of Milton's neat italic hand, which rarely featured joined letters.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
His corpus includes everything from major paintings and epic films to Mylar balloons and generic business portraits to monosyllabic interview responses and the standard italic font that became wholly identified with his rubber-stamped signature.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2020
All abridging remarks and other comments will be in this fancy italic type so you’ll know.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Gloria, vamping and posing and speaking exclusively in italics, is a semi-ridiculous figure who nevertheless gives the otherwise all-male club the sparkle it needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“It’s not what’s working that gives us concern, it’s what’s not working,” he wrote, and the italics were his.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
The italics are mine, so put a pin on that phrase because it’s important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
The whole text, with the relevant portion in italics, provides as follows:
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024
Something was written under the image in italics but I couldn’t understand it.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing italic
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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