- present participle of underscore.
Example Sentences
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Recent transactions underscoring this momentum include last year’s sale of India-based hospital operator Sahyadri Hospitals by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, estimated to be around $700.0 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The company is expected to spend roughly $600 billion by the end of the decade, underscoring the scale of growth investors will need to see to justify its valuation.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The staging could do without the underscoring that becomes heavy-handed in the play’s later stages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
In separate research, Mesaglio found that iNaturalist had already been cited in scientific papers involving 128 countries and thousands of species, underscoring the platform's growing role in global science.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
But we were reaffirming and underscoring those original concerns, many of which had gone by the wayside.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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