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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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Yet the rules underscore how opaque, and even confusing, the traditional car-buying experience can be.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

“These findings underscore the difficulty of making an initial enrollment decision in Medicare,” the study said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 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

To underscore Babulya’s words, the house spirit stood up tall on Babulya’s shoulder and flicked his wrist at Ivan.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

It’s Morello half-speaking, half-singing against a gentle piano melody that emotionally underscores the song’s message of quiet defiance: “Maybe you can save me/Maybe you can’t/Maybe you can liberate me/Nah, I’ll take care of that.”

From Salon Sep. 22, 2026

Historically, underscores hasn’t written much about her personal life, opting for conceptual work.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

“This underscores the exceptional pace of issuance this year, particularly in recent weeks,” Capuano says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 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

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

More recent cases have underscored just how complicated the situation can become.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Ahead of the meeting, rhetoric from Washington and Beijing has underscored only deepening acrimony and distrust over their rush to dominate the technological frontier.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

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

This new surge underscored for Burnham the urgency of completing his plan to pipe Waukesha spring water to the fair by Opening Day.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

ANZ Research said the figures will likely show another strong quarter of growth printing above 7.0%, underscoring economic resilience despite multiple risks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Americans are abandoning the belief that smarts and effort are the best ways to get ahead in life, according to new research, underscoring the pessimism many people have about their chances at financial success.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

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

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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