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underlining

NOUN
emphasis
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attention insistence intensity priority significance strength stress weight
STRONG
accent accentuation force headline highlight impressiveness moment positiveness power preeminence
WEAK
decidedness underscoring
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorance lethargy triviality unimportance
STRONG
incompetence weakness
WEAK
insignificance
NOUN
mark
Synonyms
STRONGEST
impression imprint line point record scar score signature spot stain stamp streak symbol
STRONG
X autograph blaze blot blotch brand bruise check cross dent dot ink label logo nick pock register representation scratch sign smudge splotch stroke tag ticket trace trademark
WEAK
John Hancock John Henry brand name
Antonyms
STRONG
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Example Sentences

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And it ensnares Artie in a web of secrecy, underlining how “blind we humans are … moving through life as though through shadows.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Away from the conference rooms on the Caribbean coast, oil prices surged Wednesday to their highest level since early 2022, underlining the risk of fossil fuel reliance.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

By publicly underlining the importance of a "managed process" for the release of material relating to the former ambassador, he was signalling Streeting's unilateral release of exchanges clearly wasn't.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Some 156 countries met in Geneva on Saturday to pick a new chair from three candidates, with the process underlining how far apart the different groups remain.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

I explained the situation to them as briefly as possible, underlining that their work had been satisfactory and that they would, accordingly, receive good references.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro