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accent

[ak-sent, ak-sent, ak-sent] / ˈæk sɛnt, ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt /
NOUN
importance, emphasis
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Then there was Choc-O-Mint, a satisfying chocolate hard candy with a minty accent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Luiz, a French cab driver ferrying festivalgoers around Cannes, does good impersonations of both a Long Island accent and a Southern drawl, said he loves talking with Americans.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Indiana Congresswomen Victoria Spartz delivered a frenetic Massie endorsement with a thick Ukrainian accent.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The energetic song with a pronounced Greek accent recounts a son's thirst for glory and fortune so that he can give his mother everything they lacked during his childhood.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The assistant’s gaze rushed over her clipboard—my heart was pounding—before she called out in a cheesy-grits accent, “Peanut Wigglebutt?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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