boldface
Americannoun
adjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of boldface
Vocabulary lists containing boldface
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In the early 2000s, England’s so-called Golden Generation was undone by simmering rivalries between the boldface names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Many of the Renaissance’s boldface names make an appearance here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Since then, an estimated 6.7 million visitors have made their way inside to take in contemporary art by boldface names, among them Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, Kara Walker and Mark Bradford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
Below it, in boldface, came what were apparently points of debate about me: “Refreshingly Honest or Too Direct?” and “Her Looks: Regal or Intimidating?”
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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 dinner was a nostalgic mingling of boldfaced names from politics, business, Hollywood and fashion.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
“The English” is populated with an impressive cast, particularly boldfaced names of Great Britain and Ireland like Blunt, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones and Stephen Rea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Newspapers ran long articles on Cynodon dactylon and the editors of their garden sections were roused from the somnolence into which they had sunk upon receiving their appointment and shoved into doubleleaded boldfaced position.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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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