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bold face

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noun

  1. printing a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary Compare light face

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. (of type) having this weight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Using bold face to emphasize his point—an extraordinary step in a judicial opinion—Judge Tillman wrote, "The problem at issue is not one of double taxation, but of no taxation."

From Salon Dec. 28, 2022

She also has a conversation with her husband Prince Charles, played by Jack Farthing, about putting on a bold face for the public.

From Fox News Sep. 23, 2021

“I looked him right in the eye and told a bold face lie; yeah, I’m a great typist,” Brown said.

From Washington Times Dec. 31, 2018

Mr. Martin’s testimony revealed how the trial has placed company executives, who normally put a bold face on their businesses for investors, in a tricky position.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2018

I can’t do that—on the contrary, I have to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyway.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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