as in to emphasize
to indicate the importance of by giving prominent display
the dean's speech underlined some of the impressive accomplishments racked up by members of the graduation class
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Recent Examples of underline
Cinematographer James Friend creates a purgatorial realm of disorienting angles and neon lights too sickly to be beautiful, the nightmarishness further underlined by Volker Bertelman’s thundering score.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Researchers were pleasantly surprised to find that spaceflight did not affect how well the germ cells sustained themselves through cryopreservation, underlining an important option for future human use.
—Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Kim's decision in recent months to acknowledge and even embrace this expeditionary action has underlined the ruler's notion of North Korea playing an outsized role in world affairs.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Sinclair’s case underlines that the path of a teenage prodigy is rarely straightforward.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Researchers were pleasantly surprised to find that spaceflight did not affect how well the germ cells sustained themselves through cryopreservation, underlining an important option for future human use.
—Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Kim's decision in recent months to acknowledge and even embrace this expeditionary action has underlined the ruler's notion of North Korea playing an outsized role in world affairs.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Sinclair’s case underlines that the path of a teenage prodigy is rarely straightforward.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underline
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Schmitt also emphasized the importance of focusing on other aspects of the bill, including no taxes on overtime and no taxes on tips.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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The nonprofit emphasized the need for lawmakers to improve coordination across the early learning system as new policies come forward.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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These forms of intimacy between a couple reinforce one another; sharing their emotions with one another will enhance physical closeness in turn, and vice versa.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Underline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underline. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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