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boldface

[bohld-fays] / ˈboʊldˌfeɪs /
NOUN
typeface
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In the early 2000s, England’s so-called Golden Generation was undone by simmering rivalries between the boldface names.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

They are among the boldface names from Los Angeles who have emerged in the latest dump from the Epstein files.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

“Lewd,” “weird” and “creepy” were some of the words used to describe Mr. Jefferies—in enormous boldface type on the front pages of the British papers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024

The countries were arranged by continent, six to a page, with the capitals in boldface, followed by a short entry on the population, government, and other statistics.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

This week, she muscled in on the battle over the newest and most advanced technology in the world that has been dominated by boldfaced names like Sam Altman and Jensen Huang.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

It is a concept album that reckons forcefully with her past — not just the boldfaced part, but also the myriad woes and distortions that conspired to make her feel fearful and less-than.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024

The dinner was a nostalgic mingling of boldfaced names from politics, business, Hollywood and fashion.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

Look at them boys, now! why, if they ain't smellin' at the roses, the boldfaced brats.

From "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Rather it’s a purposefully rousing homage to the ideals of journalistic independence, governmental accountability and gender equality that isn’t averse to underlining, italicizing and boldfacing why those principles are more important than ever.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017

He says Indeed tried to find a way to keep it on the label just by boldfacing the first letters of Lavender Sunflower Date.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016

But when historians chronicle the early 2000s, Hurlburt gambles, they’ll be boldfacing “War on Terror” in their textbooks.

From Time ● Feb. 15, 2013


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