|Question 2Verbal

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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 [Blank] 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
A
underscores
B
forestalls
C
overshadows
D