UNDERSCORED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

underscored

verb

past tense of underscore

as in emphasized

to make more apparent a history of the Old West that underscores the role that pioneer women had in bringing order and stability to the wild frontier

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Recent Examples of underscored His words were underscored when police in Israel stopped Catholic leaders from celebrating a private Palm Sunday Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built on the spot where Jesus was thought to have been crucified. —

Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026 Their failure to retake the canal underscored their diminished status on a world stage. —

Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with this, but outsourcing the writing to professionals only underscored the degree to which this humble document, once meant to blunt the puffery of the cover letter, had now become the leading weapon in the job seeker’s arsenal. —

Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026 Macron’s presence underscored a remarkable reversal. —

Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026 That message was underscored when asked who would bear responsibility if Republicans lose either chamber in 2026. —

Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026 The Berkeley survey underscored how much inattention is responsible for Democrats' lack of enthusiasm for a specific candidate. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 This event also underscored the entrepreneurial potential of a private-public partnership approach for solving this global problem. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026 Her words underscored the seriousness with which the coroner’s office is treating the find, even after ruling out a connection to any active missing persons investigation. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026

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Airport leadership also emphasized that the project is part of a broader strategy to test new technologies that improve airport operations and passenger experience.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Tom Schmid, president and CEO of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, emphasized the broader importance of the calf’s arrival.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026