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
Users can even apply italic, bold or light styling to letters and numbers without changing their alignment on spreadsheets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
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
Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing “in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels,” the law states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
All the letters that represent zeros are in italics, so if someone knows what I’ve done, they could decode this.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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