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Recent Examples of bold-faced The Universal feature is already in production and has a roll call that that includes bold-faced names such as Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Benny Safdie and Jon Bernthal. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025 The strange juxtapositions continued in the nominations, which featured a grab-bag of bold-faced names making their first and only Oscar appearance: Shel Silverstein! Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025 The all-star Universal Pictures production is an adaptation of the Greek epic poem by Homer and has bold-faced names Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Benny Safdie and Jon Bernthal on the manifest. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025 But there was one bold-faced name notably missing from the glittering new Opera House: sitting President Richard Nixon. Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bold-faced
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bold-faced
Adjective
  • The healthcare system is filled with bold promises and complicated policies.
    William Jones, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Shoppers can choose between neutral hues including ivory, navy, and brown, or opt for bold yellow, red, or green.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • The one that was pretty impactful for me at Cannes, at least life trajectory wise, probably more impactful than all of those other films, came in 2012.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
  • If not, while national security, stability, and local shipbuilding growth are important, adding levies to tariffs this year may not be wise.
    Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The brazen shooting of Thompson, in Midtown Manhattan, captured international attention and surfaced deep public resentment toward the healthcare industry.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • That theft is believed to have led to the brazen kidnapping in suburban Connecticut of the parents of one of Lam’s alleged co-conspirators by a crew of thugs from Florida who prosecutors say planned to hold the parents for ransom from their newly rich son.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.
    Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.
    Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
Adjective
  • Vanney’s assessment of the loss was incredibly blunt.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • Mallen’s character is a blunt, irreverent woman with a thick Southern accent, a tendency toward microaggressions and a talent for manipulation.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Pascal’s cheeky appearance at the Eddington evet comes one day after he, Stone and Butler, 33, made headlines for their run-in with a bee on the Cannes carpet.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • But pulling someone for a cheeky chat on the private Love Island terrace?
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Dining centers around the Pool Bar, where fresh California flavors meet poolside favorites—think local cod ceviche, vegan Caesar salad, and housemade potato chips with herb dip.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2025
  • With inflation lingering, labor costs rising, and potential tariffs threatening imports — 15% of the U.S. food supply is imported, including 32% of fresh vegetables, 55% of fresh fruit, and 94% of seafood — the cost of putting food on the table is surging.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • One’s insolent, calling him lame and old, and the other affectedly infantile, but both are exhausting in their own way.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The government, in an insolent filing on Sunday evening, rewrote that instruction.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Bold-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bold-faced. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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