boldface
Americannoun
adjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of boldface
Vocabulary lists containing boldface
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But in a city where wealth and power can confer its own kind of celebrity status, the names announced Thursday weren’t among those appearing in boldface in society columns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
They are among the boldface names from Los Angeles who have emerged in the latest dump from the Epstein files.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Many of the Renaissance’s boldface names make an appearance here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
But many outlets, such as this one, presented the speech with the lines used in the ad in boldface, so anyone could see there was no misrepresentation of Reagan’s general feelings about trade and tariffs.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
He said this in boldface type, capital letters.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The text of “Service Ready” comes laced with boldfaced aphorisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
It is a concept album that reckons forcefully with her past — not just the boldfaced part, but also the myriad woes and distortions that conspired to make her feel fearful and less-than.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
The category of audio book, narration and storytelling recording is a jumble of boldfaced names, with nods for Meryl Streep, William Shatner, Rick Rubin, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Reflecting the high stakes, Senate candidates have embarked on a frenetic pace of campaign events in the final days, as they trade sharpening attacks and enlist boldfaced names to hit the trail with them.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
Look at them boys, now! why, if they ain't smellin' at the roses, the boldfaced brats.
From "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Rather it’s a purposefully rousing homage to the ideals of journalistic independence, governmental accountability and gender equality that isn’t averse to underlining, italicizing and boldfacing why those principles are more important than ever.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017
He says Indeed tried to find a way to keep it on the label just by boldfacing the first letters of Lavender Sunflower Date.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016
But when historians chronicle the early 2000s, Hurlburt gambles, they’ll be boldfacing “War on Terror” in their textbooks.
From Time ● Feb. 15, 2013
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