as in to emphasize
to make more apparent
high-definition television italicizes every line and wrinkle in an actor's face
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The first of which is the ability, finally, to italicize and bold text.
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Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Text will also be able to be bolded, italicized and visually amplified.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
This will only lead to negative consequences both for the rest and italicize Hamas and its leadership.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
The play, similarly, italicizes its themes, most of which are bluntly realized on Kawecki’s set that manages to be both busily semaphoric and strikingly inert.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
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Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Text will also be able to be bolded, italicized and visually amplified.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
This will only lead to negative consequences both for the rest and italicize Hamas and its leadership.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
The play, similarly, italicizes its themes, most of which are bluntly realized on Kawecki’s set that manages to be both busily semaphoric and strikingly inert.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Italicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/italicize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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