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 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.
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Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
To italicize the love letter to tenor Peter Pears that Britten coded into this 17th-century text by Francis Quayle, Hoskins swirled extra sweetness into its closing lento.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Jon Balke’s score is a spare accompaniment that knows when to italicize the unease and when to color in the serenity.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
De Los does not normally italicize Spanish words in our copy.
—J.p. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
To italicize the love letter to tenor Peter Pears that Britten coded into this 17th-century text by Francis Quayle, Hoskins swirled extra sweetness into its closing lento.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Jon Balke’s score is a spare accompaniment that knows when to italicize the unease and when to color in the serenity.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
De Los does not normally italicize Spanish words in our copy.
—J.p. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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“Italicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/italicize. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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