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Recent Examples of italicize The ensemble recreates the communal energy of the characters, though sometimes what’s italicized in the script might have been more potently conveyed with underplaying. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 The ensemble recreates the communal energy of the characters, though sometimes what’s italicized in the script might have been more potently conveyed with underplaying. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 In a startlingly modern conception, the negative space of Claudel’s abrupt amputation exposes — and italicizes — the human body’s dense, inescapable physicality. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024 Incumbent candidates are italicized with their party affiliation noted next to their name. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for italicize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for italicize
emphasize
Verb
  • Similarly, Lesly Leon, bound for an administrative fellowship at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, emphasized the duality of personal and community growth in a meaningful career.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • But Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized Tehran had no interest in negotiating with the U.S. while Israel continued attacking.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025

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“Italicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/italicize. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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