verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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The research study also underscores the importance of playing it straight when trying to get things accomplished.
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But the survey also underscores some of the concerns expressed by opponents of doctor-assisted suicide.
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These kinds of questions also underscore the importance of defining with precision the concepts that we use in political analysis.
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If single motherhood magnifies the problems of contemporary motherhood, it can also underscore the rewards of mothering while pursuing independent goals.
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If he had you there, that underscored how he felt about you, that was the confidence that he had.
■ NOUN
importance
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The research study also underscores the importance of playing it straight when trying to get things accomplished.
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These kinds of questions also underscore the importance of defining with precision the concepts that we use in political analysis.
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This underscores the importance of the newsletter editor and his / her associates being or becoming the best informed sociologists.
point
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A series of disasters has underscored the point .
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In addition, it gives credibility to your message while underscoring your point .
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This fact underscores a point that is central to any discussion of how population growth impinges on the natural environment.
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Social-science research on stepparent families has underscored the point that biological ties are surprisingly difficult to duplicate.
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Developments at several major U. S . multinationals underscored the continuing export surge.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The report underscores the importance of childhood immunizations.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it is also worth underscoring both the intended and unintended symbolism of a Churchill bust.
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If single motherhood magnifies the problems of contemporary motherhood, it can also underscore the rewards of mothering while pursuing independent goals.
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National defense constitutes over one-fourth of the Federal budget and underscores the high cost of military preparedness.
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The cultural significance of it is not really underscored.
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This is further underscored in their social positions.