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Underline

/ˈʌndəˌrlaɪn/
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(noun) A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.

Underline all the verbs in the future tense in this text.
I put an underline under the word "Alice" to put an emphasis on it.
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