as in to emphasize
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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The ultimate emergence of the defiant title character is the film’s one flourish, and an effective one at that, at once underlining the risks of bravery and the hell of compliance.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Middle Eastern leaders have already voiced horror at Trump's idea for relocating Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to create a new Riviera on the Mediterranean and this underlines the pressure on them to come up with an alternative plan.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
For some Israelis, the fate of the Bibas family underlined the need to restart the war to defeat Hamas once and for all.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
On top of that, the bifurcated score underlines the film’s identity crisis, oscillating between plucky guitar compositions from Andrew Simon McAllister better suited to a buddy-cop comedy and smooth, synth-heavy instrumentals from Mono Town that align more with a sleek spy flick.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Middle Eastern leaders have already voiced horror at Trump's idea for relocating Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to create a new Riviera on the Mediterranean and this underlines the pressure on them to come up with an alternative plan.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
For some Israelis, the fate of the Bibas family underlined the need to restart the war to defeat Hamas once and for all.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
On top of that, the bifurcated score underlines the film’s identity crisis, oscillating between plucky guitar compositions from Andrew Simon McAllister better suited to a buddy-cop comedy and smooth, synth-heavy instrumentals from Mono Town that align more with a sleek spy flick.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Underline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underline. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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