Underscoring his incompetency, the president misspelled "education" in his executive order.
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Underscoring
Synonyms for "underscoring" (35 found)
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10 entriesaccentuationdouble underlineemphasizinghighlightingmethodological underscoringresult underscoringsingle underlinestatistical underscoringthematic underscoringtheory underscoring
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17 entriesclear underscoringmethodological underscoringprominent underscoringstrong underscoringunderscoring evidenceunderscoring findingsunderscoring implicationsunderscoring importanceunderscoring limitationsunderscoring literatureunderscoring of key themesunderscoring of significanceunderscoring rationaleunderscoring resultsunderscoring significanceunderscoring theme
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The president repeatedly spoke of security, underscoring the need for better intelligence.
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Parkington swung his chair away, keeping the book in his hand and his back to Anthony. “He underscored whole passages,” he said. “I can't abide reading a book with underscorings in it.”
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