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accent

noun as in importance, emphasis

verb as in place emphasis, importance

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“Task” is steeped in the specificity of DelCo — and yes, its signature accent co-stars once again.

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He is, however, at least slightly better dressed than a peasant screaming invectives in a whiny British accent.

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Jones also had to swap her British accent out for a thick, distinctive Delco accent, as the dialect spoken by those from Delaware County is affectionately called.

The room itself was neatly ordered with walnut and cement accents.

Baldwin — a formerly accented yoga teacher who with husband Alec Baldwin and their seven baby “Baldwinitos” stars on, not surprisingly, “The Baldwins” — is only part of the cast’s reality TV contingent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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