Example Sentences

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Over the longer term, mixed results have underscored the inherent volatility in her investment strategy.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“The past 48 hours have underscored just how complex and challenging the current college athletics environment has become,” Washington athletic director Pat Chun said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

But recent studies have underscored that global food trade has its costs.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

Since then, several Fed officials have underscored that as long as the economy remains resilient, they can take their time deciding when to ease borrowing costs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

It would be hard to find in Pope such compression of meaning as in the first, or such penetrative sarcasm as in the second of the passages I have underscored.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell