as in emphasis
a special notice or importance given to something
the underscoring we've given the play's local setting will hopefully increase ticket sales
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as in emphasizing
to make more apparent
a history of the Old West that underscores the role that pioneer women had in bringing order and stability to the wild frontier
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Recent Examples of underscoring
Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The facility employs more than 1,000 Chevron employees and another 1,000 contractors work at the site daily, underscoring its role as a major employer in the South Bay Area.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Goodell noted the rapid growth in flag-football participation at youth and collegiate levels, underscoring efforts to create a structured pipeline starting from youth leagues through high school and college, eventually reaching professional play.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Beauty’s $1 billion acquisition this spring, underscoring Bieber’s simultaneous impact in beauty and fashion.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Eugenio Derbez, Mexican multihyphenate and chairman-co-founder of 3Pas Studios headlined not one but three events at the Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid, underscoring the impact of his work on the global stage.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
The results mark the first time more Americans have sided with the Palestinians since The New York Times first asked this question 27 years ago, in 1998, underscoring a sea change in public attitudes.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Kimmel’s monologue broke his own YouTube viewership record, underscoring that as the primary place where people were engaging with the program.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Washington — The US economy’s comeback in the second quarter was just revised higher again, and economists estimate that momentum carried on in the third quarter, underscoring the resilience of the world’s largest economy.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Both those clubs were last year’s finalists, underscoring Phoenix's credentials.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The facility employs more than 1,000 Chevron employees and another 1,000 contractors work at the site daily, underscoring its role as a major employer in the South Bay Area.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Goodell noted the rapid growth in flag-football participation at youth and collegiate levels, underscoring efforts to create a structured pipeline starting from youth leagues through high school and college, eventually reaching professional play.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Beauty’s $1 billion acquisition this spring, underscoring Bieber’s simultaneous impact in beauty and fashion.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Eugenio Derbez, Mexican multihyphenate and chairman-co-founder of 3Pas Studios headlined not one but three events at the Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid, underscoring the impact of his work on the global stage.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
The results mark the first time more Americans have sided with the Palestinians since The New York Times first asked this question 27 years ago, in 1998, underscoring a sea change in public attitudes.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Kimmel’s monologue broke his own YouTube viewership record, underscoring that as the primary place where people were engaging with the program.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Washington — The US economy’s comeback in the second quarter was just revised higher again, and economists estimate that momentum carried on in the third quarter, underscoring the resilience of the world’s largest economy.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underscoring
Noun
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The heavy emphasis on port, cognac, and champagne only ramped up that feeling.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 Oct. 2025
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Each week during the NFL season, the brothers Kelce recap the previous weekend’s games, and there’s a special emphasis on the Chiefs and Eagles.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Prosecutorial strategy From the prosecution’s perspective, emphasizing the size of the evidence file serves multiple purposes.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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However, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence downplayed the shift in the latest assessment, emphasizing at the time that the overall conclusions had not changed.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And, of course, vice versa, reinforcing the disparity for those in peripheral locations.—
Sarah Maokosy,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Each item is intimately tied to the library space, reinforcing Assouline’s belief that a library is not merely a room but a sanctuary for ideas, aesthetics, and meaningful objects.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Underscoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underscoring. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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