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boldface

[bohld-feys] / 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

“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

Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter’s memoir, ‘When the Going Was Good,’ chronicles the glamour, the power and the boldface names from the golden age of magazine publishing.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 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

Other terms seem to be introduced with no rationale other than that they look impressive when printed in boldface type inside a little box in the middle of the page.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

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 two became not only financial associates but social pals, traveling on Low’s jet with bevies of other boldfaced names to parties all over the world.

From Washington Post Apr. 3, 2023

“The English” is populated with an impressive cast, particularly boldfaced names of Great Britain and Ireland like Blunt, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones and Stephen Rea.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2022

The terminology adopted by me for the jaw musculature is in boldfaced italic type.

From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz

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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