UNDERSCORES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

underscores

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present tense third-person singular of underscore

as in emphasizes

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 underscores The reversal underscores how quickly the calculations of Asia’s wealthy can change. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 But the absence of current executives from several of the city’s largest financial and technology companies underscores the divide that remains. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 The catastrophe follows similar floods last year and underscores how a rapidly warming Himalaya — with faster glacier melt and extreme weather — is turning vital river corridors into deadly hazard zones. — Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The ruling underscores Abuja’s push to deepen local ownership of pillars of Nigeria’s digital economy. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The swagger underscores how much the semiconductor landscape is changing — and how fast. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 New York Lawyers for the Public Interest has made this case for more than 20 years, and the state’s evaluation underscores it more forcefully than ever. — Sakeena Trice, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 The national debt topped $40 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released on Wednesday, representing a fiscal milestone that underscores the federal government's mounting borrowing and interest costs. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Clinton's birthday underscores just how old the nation's living presidents have become. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

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The piece emphasizes that Californians, especially Democrats and independents, strongly favor voting by mail and already rely on it at very high rates, suggesting that restricting mail ballots would disenfranchise large numbers of lawful voters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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The data reinforces the stark need for action along these lines, as do the tragic stories of far too many first responders who have made significant sacrifices for their communities and are met with newfound dangers for their troubles.

— Sen. Saud Anwar, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
The material produced by the league so far, according to the filing, reinforces the necessity of complete transparency.

— Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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