underscores

Example Sentences

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The agreement underscores the importance of fiber and other optical networking components in the artificial-intelligence boom.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

And although businesses in the financial, industrial and utilities sectors have also played into that performance, the current trend obscures more subdued results elsewhere and underscores the ongoing performance gap within the index.

From MarketWatch • May 3, 2026

According to Prof. de Villiers, the discovery underscores how much remains to be learned about Cannabis.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

“Seeing moviegoers dress up, sing, dance in the aisles, and fully lean into this as a cultural moment underscores this film as a true communal, big-screen theatrical and cinematic event.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

And even through the children’s laughter there’s this insidious silence that underscores everything; then again, maybe the silence was always there, and I’m only just noticing it now.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman