italic
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He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Other features fit with what we know of Milton's neat italic hand, which rarely featured joined letters.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
“Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with bold and italic text formatting,” Twitter announced Thursday night on its platform via its @TwitterWrite account.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
All abridging remarks and other comments will be in this fancy italic type so you’ll know.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Gloria, vamping and posing and speaking exclusively in italics, is a semi-ridiculous figure who nevertheless gives the otherwise all-male club the sparkle it needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“It’s not what’s working that gives us concern, it’s what’s not working,” he wrote, and the italics were his.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a member of House Republican leadership, is presenting herself in italics.
From Slate ● May 30, 2024
The words and phrases that the plaintiffs replaced with their own tendentious language are in italics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
I’m sure people did question whether Italian printers were quite the right people to legislate on the meaning of everything; but on the other hand, resistance was obviously useless against ajamily that could invent italics.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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