as in emphasized
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 underlined
Pezeshkian's message, seemingly recorded in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy's leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Pezeshkian’s message, seemingly recorded in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Pezeshkian and other Iranian leaders have underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls ballistic missiles used to target Israel and other countries.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry without professional broadcast equipment, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The Jorgensen selection has underlined this point.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Raytheon also underlined that the StormBreaker weapon’s small size enables the use of fewer aircraft to take out the same number of targets as larger weapons that require multiple jets.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
With such a tight budget, this particular choice had a profound impact on the cast, underlined Coesens.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Pezeshkian’s message, seemingly recorded in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Pezeshkian and other Iranian leaders have underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls ballistic missiles used to target Israel and other countries.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry without professional broadcast equipment, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The Jorgensen selection has underlined this point.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Raytheon also underlined that the StormBreaker weapon’s small size enables the use of fewer aircraft to take out the same number of targets as larger weapons that require multiple jets.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
With such a tight budget, this particular choice had a profound impact on the cast, underlined Coesens.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underlined
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In a series of recent meetings with staff from Business Insider and Politico shared with Semafor, Döpfner has repeatedly emphasized that news organizations that do not embrace artificial intelligence will almost certainly be left behind and fail.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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As the case enters its second month, Siminoff emphasized the company’s active cooperation with local authorities, adding that a video was recently found of a suspicious car two and a half miles away, which was reported through Amazon’s Ring network.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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The latest signals from Beijing’s political gathering have reinforced the view that tech self-reliance and industrial upgrading will anchor economic growth in the years to come.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Clark suggested that adversity has only reinforced her reliance on preparation and discipline.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Underlined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underlined. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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