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• plural of italic.

italics

Cultural  

1. Slanted letters that look like this: We the people. Italics are most often used to emphasize certain words, to indicate that they are in a foreign language, or to set off the title of a literary or artistic work.

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“It’s not what’s working that gives us concern, it’s what’s not working,” he wrote, and the italics were his.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

His midround chats with Jennings have revealed a self-deprecating wit and interests so quirky they’re cool—chasing eclipses, writing in italics, driving around with his trivia friends looking for a rare goose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, a member of House Republican leadership, is presenting herself in italics.

From Slate ● May 30, 2024

Here’s a list of all nominees from the ceremony, with winners highlighted in bold italics.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

Punctuation, together with other graphical indicators such as italics, capitalization, and spacing, developed over the history of printed language to do two things.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker