Example Sentences

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“What we’re doing is underscoring a strength. I think that legacy media needs to remind folks who we are and what we do. It’s important to distinguish yourself and say who you are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Now, cases are surging, a phenomenon that is underscoring deep inequities in the nation’s health-care system and reviving concerns about a disease easily controlled with routine antibiotics.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

Rather, by rewearing her clothes, she is underscoring their value; the idea that when you find a garment you love, that makes you feel effective and like the best version of you, you keep it.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

This is the tragic irony of our current moment: The COVID-19 pandemic is underscoring the critical importance of local news while also decimating it.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2020

Even though the current low-water problem is not tied to failing infrastructure, it is underscoring how quickly financial losses can climb when river transportation slows.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2012