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Cook’s years as CEO of Apple underscore how important leadership is for investors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to analysts, Cairo will use the summit to underscore its strategic autonomy, showing it can leverage its close ties with both Washington and Beijing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The comments underscore how close a call the Sept. 15-16 meeting has become.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company sought to underscore the seriousness of the crime in its social media post.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
I feel like I'm supposed to make some comment to underscore the ridiculousness of it all, but honestly?
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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But experts said ProPublica’s data analysis, along with stories about delays in ectopic care, underscores the need to find out what is driving the deaths.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"This investment underscores Google's commitment to grow our presence responsibly, pairing the expansion of our technical infrastructure with new energy capacity, grid enhancements, and energy affordability initiatives," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The naming and shaming underscores the Chinese government’s desire to stem economic disruption as many young people grow disillusioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Even so, the research provides another glimpse into changes that may occur long before Alzheimer's becomes clinically visible and underscores the value of basic research aimed at understanding and, eventually, anticipating the disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
His memory underscores some differences in how the children saw their parents, and the strife.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Rubio also underscored commercial ties, saying Google, Palantir, and SpaceX were "establishing operations and digital infrastructure in Ecuador."
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
In a press release announcing the song in 2007, Hakim underscored his desire to try something new, sonically speaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
ChangXin Memory Technologies’ results, the first since its Shanghai listing last month, underscored the rapid rise of the Hefei-based company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But the coordinated attacks also underscored the vulnerability of the United States’ water facilities, prompting some obvious questions as to what the federal government has been doing, is presently doing, and perhaps should be doing.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
One moment in the game underscored this for me more than any other.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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The review's authors raised concerns about possible metabolic effects, underscoring that questions about appetite and glucose regulation are distinct from the original claim about DNA damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Jacobs’ attorneys released a statement underscoring that the NFL is reviewing his case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The company's data centre division alone generated $89bn last quarter, up 117% from a year ago, underscoring just how much of the industry now depends on Nvidia's hardware.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The full S&P 500’s forward P/E has declined to 20 from 22.2 at the end of 2025, underscoring how this bull market has been driven by profit increases.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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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