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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Recent Examples of italicize
The ensemble recreates the communal energy of the characters, though sometimes what’s italicized in the script might have been more potently conveyed with underplaying.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
In a startlingly modern conception, the negative space of Claudel’s abrupt amputation exposes — and italicizes — the human body’s dense, inescapable physicality.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Incumbent candidates are italicized with their party affiliation noted next to their name.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The Messages app can now bold or italicize text, and users can now react to messages using emojis instead of the previously available options, which included a question mark, exclamation point, heart and thumbs-up.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
In a startlingly modern conception, the negative space of Claudel’s abrupt amputation exposes — and italicizes — the human body’s dense, inescapable physicality.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Incumbent candidates are italicized with their party affiliation noted next to their name.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The Messages app can now bold or italicize text, and users can now react to messages using emojis instead of the previously available options, which included a question mark, exclamation point, heart and thumbs-up.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
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Fremont’s 2024 Homelessness Response Plan emphasized prevention, housing and outreach.—
David Bonaccorsi,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Scrolling Instagram and TikTok was damaging enough to my self-worth prior to pregnancy, but there’s nothing quite like seeing a fitness or lifestyle influencer emphasizing the flatness of their abs mere weeks after delivery to demolish your confidence.—
Michelle Konstantinovsky,
SELF,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Italicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/italicize. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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