underscoring

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underscoring

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of underscore

noun underscorings

An underline. Parkington swung his chair away, keeping the book in his hand and his back to Anthony. “He underscored whole passages,” he said. “I can't abide reading a book with underscorings in it.”

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"underscoring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/underscoring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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underscoring. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/underscoring

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"underscoring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/underscoring.

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@misc{underscoring_2026,
  title = {underscoring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/underscoring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}