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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are underlining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action that is currently happening, specifically the act of emphasizing text by drawing a line beneath it.
Example: "The students are underlining important passages in their textbooks to help with their studying."
Alternatives: "are emphasizing" or "are highlighting".
Dictionary
are underlining
verb
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
synonyms
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We are underlining it..
And the data now being released from the 2010 census are underlining those convictions.
Customer-monitoring systems are underlining just how interested, and just how vital.
Some younger African leaders salute the end of a regime that has bankrupted Zimbabwe, but not a few autocrats see a dangerous precedent, and are underlining the African Union's condemnation of any coup.
While this is welcomed in principle by adoption professionals, there is also a significant tension between the aims of government – to get more children adopted faster and more adopters approved quicker – and legislation that high court judges are underlining.
Now the first lady's fumblings in New York are underlining how much Hillary needs Bill's political instincts.Ever since they met at Yale in 1970 they have been one of the great political partnerships, held together by their differences.
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Many are underlined.
Those results are underlined with misfortune.
Project and Core leaders are underlined.
Putative −35 and −10 sequences are underlined.
Advantages of this new architecture are underlined.
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