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underscore

[uhn-der-skawr, -skohr, uhn-der-skawr, -skohr, uhn-der-skawr, -skohr] / ˈʌn dərˌskɔr, -ˌskoʊr, ˌʌn dərˈskɔr, -ˈskoʊr, ˈʌn dərˌskɔr, -ˌskoʊr /


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The findings also underscore the risks of assigning identities to extinct animals primarily from their physical appearance.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

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 UN's refugee agency continues to underscore the humanitarian principle that any return should be "voluntary, safe and dignified".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

He wanted to underscore the waste and immorality of the standard American diet.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The visit underscores David’s ultimate solitude—in the end he is alone with his failing mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The Kalshi episode underscores the growing compliance burden facing prediction markets as they attract more users and move closer to mainstream products.

From BBC Aug. 31, 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

That defiance underscores the central gamble of Washington’s strategy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 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

Rubio also underscored commercial ties, saying Google, Palantir, and SpaceX were "establishing operations and digital infrastructure in Ecuador."

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Lavallee said she couldn’t comment directly on the matter and instead underscored Voya’s “robust” investor engagement program, explaining, “We constantly run the company as though we are looking at it from an outside-in perspective.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 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

The fatal accident underscored just how narrow the distance between traffic and the cliff’s edge has become and marks the latest driving incident associated with steep roads in Santa Cruz County.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

As a result, they were making startling discoveries that only underscored the constraints faced by their American colleagues.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

California’s latest victim of a deadly rattlesnake bite has emerged, and it’s not a human but a black jaguar living in a Central Valley sanctuary, underscoring the dangers of rattlesnake poisonings this year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 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

Exports in June topped 100,000 units for the first time, underscoring the carmaker’s increasing reliance on overseas markets for growth as China’s auto market, the world’s largest, slows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The yearly increase in the cost of materials for industrial construction surged to a postpandemic high of 5.3% in July, underscoring the immense push to build more data centers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 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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