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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 comments, which came during a rare White House Rose Garden appearance by an attorney general, underscore how closely Blanche has aligned himself with the president.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 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

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

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

But experts said ProPublica’s data analysis, along with stories about delays in ectopic care, underscores the need to find out what is driving the deaths.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

The effort underscores the challenge of fully disabling the country’s missile program.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 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

"Our study thus underscores the transformative role of breath-based interventions. The interplay between breathing and cardiac dynamics makes the brain more receptive to rewards," explains lead author Wenhao Huang, interpreting the results.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

In that sense, the Terman study underscores the argument Annette Lareau makes, that what your parents do for a living, and the assumptions that accompany the class your parents belong to, matter.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

In recent days, rising long-term government borrowing costs—and a sudden reversal Wednesday after the Treasury announced plans to buy back more long-term debt—have underscored the stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 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

And when I called Martha Vaughan to tell her about my findings, I underscored the limitations of what we could know for sure.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

But figuring out who gets what has become a complicated legal battle, underscoring a harsh reality: Even when stolen money is found, getting it back can be another ordeal entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Jacobs’ attorneys released a statement underscoring that the NFL is reviewing his case.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Microsoft’s stock just sealed its longest stretch of gains in 10 months, underscoring how much it’s come back into favor as the software sector proves it hasn’t been left for dead in the artificial-intelligence era.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

But we were reaffirming and underscoring those original concerns, many of which had gone by the wayside.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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