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
The urgency of their missing is underscored by startling numbers uncovered in our CBS Data Team investigation, which found that in 2025 domestic violence accounted for 26% of all violent crimes in Chicago.
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Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
The numbers only underscored the irony.
—Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
The moment underscored how quickly a single corgi’s prediction could ignite the internet.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The breakdown exposed growing fractures within what has long been a left-leaning regional forum and underscored the erosion of automatic solidarity with Caracas.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Manson said the nonprofit has been highly effective for many reasons, but a large part of that is thanks to their cooperative approach, one that underscored community desires and started with small efforts that could come into fruition in a short time.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
The brief shutdown underscored how quickly military action can disrupt civilian air travel, forcing airlines to suspend operations well beyond the immediate conflict zone.
—Leslie Josephs,victor Loh, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
North Korea’s ballistic missile launch on Sunday underscored that assessment.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The Pentagon recently underscored concern about large surface ship vulnerability in its annual report to Congress for 2025 on military and security developments involving China.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underscored
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Zeug emphasized the system’s readiness.—
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This, Johnson emphasized, is now a new season.—
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The experience also reinforced Madsen’s belief in the power of social media.—
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This, in turn, reinforced Webster’s own initial claim about his fight with the MPD cop—that Rathbun had provoked the encounter by striking him in the head, then lied about it to counter Webster’s righteous assertion of self-defense, resulting in his wrongful conviction.—
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“Underscored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underscored. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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