underscore
Example Sentences
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"Our findings underscore the urgent need not only for increased awareness and understanding of endometriosis and menstrual health among healthcare providers, but for this to be translated into action," she says.
From BBC
It underscores how much last June’s attack had degraded Iran’s capacity to compete in the skies or mount a major retaliatory response.
Alzheimer's claims more lives each year than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, underscoring the urgency of understanding what drives it.
From Science Daily
United States Central Command confirmed that three U.S. service members have been killed in the conflict so far, underscoring that American forces are already taking casualties as the fighting intensifies.
From Salon
Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
