as in emphasizes
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 underlines
Their inclusion underlines the wider context of the film, provoking the audience to hold these pure and impure images together.
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Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
That the impact is so severe and so global underlines the fact that much of web hosting is centralized on Amazon.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Dogears, underlines, and peonies marking each favorite page.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
But the cast had to always play it straight, underlines Macfadyen.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
By sending Rip off to sleep precisely at the moment America declares its independence, Irving underlines how radically life would be altered by the ensuing Revolution.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
This example underlines the threat cyber attacks pose to the national power grid.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
The confidence with which Woltemade dispatched the penalty — the technique was magnificent and execution perfect — underlines how strong a finisher the German is.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
La Galerie du 19M Tokyo, which opens to the public on Tuesday, underlines the importance of skilled labor in the face of AI, generational transition and debate about the value of luxury goods, as the house prepares for the first show by its new artistic director Matthieu Blazy.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
That the impact is so severe and so global underlines the fact that much of web hosting is centralized on Amazon.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Dogears, underlines, and peonies marking each favorite page.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
But the cast had to always play it straight, underlines Macfadyen.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
By sending Rip off to sleep precisely at the moment America declares its independence, Irving underlines how radically life would be altered by the ensuing Revolution.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
This example underlines the threat cyber attacks pose to the national power grid.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
The confidence with which Woltemade dispatched the penalty — the technique was magnificent and execution perfect — underlines how strong a finisher the German is.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
La Galerie du 19M Tokyo, which opens to the public on Tuesday, underlines the importance of skilled labor in the face of AI, generational transition and debate about the value of luxury goods, as the house prepares for the first show by its new artistic director Matthieu Blazy.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underlines
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This new approach emphasizes automation and teamwork among machines, focusing on precision instead of relying on large numbers of troops.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The whole team emphasizes the importance of finding partnerships that are authentic, pointing out that fans and viewers would quickly smell if an artist and content, or an artist and a brand, were forced together for pure financial considerations.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Whether the start of a full new chapter for the rapper or a one-off detour, Stardust reinforces the idea that, even newly sober, Brown remains one of the most exciting and least predictable artists in hip-hop.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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Teaching reinforces your own learning.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Underlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underlines. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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