underscores

Example Sentences

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Ms. Moafi’s reflective performance underscores how her character’s fascination with this new acquaintance becomes both an emotional necessity and a danger to her equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The ongoing battle to define who may use the San Marzano name underscores the importance of food branding at every level.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

"This result underscores the feasibility of integrating QD single-photon sources into stable and field-deployable time-bin QKD systems, marking an important step toward scalable, quantum-secure communication networks based on solid-state single-photon emitters."

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

That is a beautiful chart, but a close look underscores not only the volatility of the semiconductor industry, but the varying cycles within Micron’s niche — computer memory chips.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

And even through the children’s laughter there’s this insidious silence that underscores everything; then again, maybe the silence was always there, and I’m only just noticing it now.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman