|Question 3Verbal

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The fact that publications by University of California-Berkeley economist Bronwyn Hughes Hall, who studies innovation and economics, are so frequently cited in other scholars' work ______ the usefulness of her research for her peers— other economists clearly find her studies valuable for their own scholarship.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
belies
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underscores
B
forestalls
C
overshadows
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