How to give text a "highlighted" effect using CSS!

HTML:
<p class="highlight">This text has a "highlighted" background.</p>

CSS:
.highlight {
display: inline;
background: white;
color: black;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.3em;
line-height: 1.5em;
padding: 0 2px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-family: monospace;
}

This text has a "highlighted" background.

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