underscore
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Kim Jong Un took his family to a new military museum, where drones and missiles underscore a push to advance his military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
A few high-profile incidents where autonomous AI agents broke out of their sandboxes and infiltrated third-party systems have helped to underscore its importance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
While most of the nation’s 64 million Medicare recipients will have plenty of options, some changes underscore the importance of shopping during open enrollment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The researchers say these differences underscore the need to investigate cardiovascular prevention strategies that account for both sex and stage of life.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
He wanted to underscore the waste and immorality of the standard American diet.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Smith’s experience underscores an important point: Going without a car isn’t necessarily about giving up something.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
That possibility underscores why sprinkling in Crill’s winning factors could be useful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Specialty eggs and prepared foods accounted for more than half of Cal-Maine’s net sales during the recent quarter, which Miller said underscores progress the company has made in broadening its business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"This scientific breakthrough underscores the power of research to redefine what we thought was possible and advance new approaches to cancer treatment," said Sreekala Bajwa, dean of the agricultural college.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Roman's observation underscores how difficult it is for those of us preoccupied with the humdrum concerns of adulthood to recall how forcefully we were once buffeted by the passions and longings of youth.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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The Ugandan health minister said the recent cases meant the risk had not ended and further underscored the need to "remain vigilant".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The European Central Bank has authorized the takeover of Germany's Commerzbank AG by UniCredit, the Italian bank said Thursday, calling it an "important milestone" that underscored confidence in its bid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Still, a rocky first day of trading underscored the market’s recent unease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Mr. Gates underscored this in the Klein interview: “There’s never been a product that’s less understood in terms of what its capabilities are than AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was an earsplitting, growling, grinding, screaming noise, shot through with a hoarse rackety-rackety sound and underscored with a deep chugga-chugga-chugga.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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Her research found that large Olympic visitor numbers do not necessarily translate into higher museum attendance, underscoring the importance of local audiences and programming before and beyond the competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Shares of CoreWeave tumbled more than 15% while some of the bonds it issued earlier this year dropped to fresh lows in the secondary market, underscoring investor concerns about its credit quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
This exceeded the peak temperatures of previously strong El Nino events of 1982/1983, 1997/1998 and 2015/2016, "underscoring the exceptional intensity of the current El Nino", the EU monitor said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“These vary widely, underscoring the importance of understanding local laws if probate avoidance is a priority. Even a single missed step can inadvertently trigger probate.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Neutron stars would not be detected until 1967 and hard evidence of black holes not found until the twenty-first century, underscoring Oppenheimer’s achievement and the tragedy of his curiously unfulfilled career.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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