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accent

[ak-sent, ak-sent, ak-sent] / ˈæk sɛnt, ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt /
NOUN
importance, emphasis
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Never mind that this salt-and-pepper-haired coach with the Portuguese accent had also constructed a reputation as a sore loser, a bitter complainer, and raging egomaniac.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

But as they got to know each other, Dent, who is originally from Cumbria, said she made Locatelli laugh and joked that her northern accent had begun to infiltrate his Italian one.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

After all, El-Sayed recently had to plead with his backers not to take personal shots at Stevens and her accent online.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

Her old-Brooklyn accent is thick as she shares stories about “my guys,” as she calls them.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

“Plural of aboatia is mmoatia,” Lala corrects in that thick accent.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The title track is one of several cuts featuring guitarist Meg Duffy of Hand Habits, who specializes in subtle harmonic accents that enrich a song’s meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

There is plenty to protest in the plan: Trump is threatening to install gold accents throughout the buildings, and renderings show a new covered walkway that could interrupt the clean lines of Saarinen’s facade.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The warm wooden accents of the home make the architectural gem feel intimately connected to the surrounding environmental beauty.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“I think there’s more accents in Britain than any other country.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

And yet one might assume strict, conservative, diabolical monsters with foreign accents raised me.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Their fins are accented with orange, and they possess a smaller oval tooth patch.

From Science Daily Mar. 23, 2026

The pommel-horse shape is accented with pencil-thin metallic piping and soft, suffused light pools in the hollows.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

The spacious kitchen is also accented with rich hardwood flooring, stone design elements, solid alder doors, and dual-pane windows.

From MarketWatch Oct. 15, 2025

Meanwhile, in Latin America, the mournful tones of traditional boleros and rancheras gave way to more alternative expressions of heartache, influenced by anglophone artists and accented with distinctly Latino flourishes of romance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2025

Accents are usually performed by making the accented note, or the beginning of the accented note, louder than the rest of the music.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

The duo layer backing tracks until they seemingly collapse, like the dueling accenting rhythms of “Soledad” or the spacey and spectacular “Sensación,” which reaches a level of yearning that Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” couldn’t buy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Compared to the toolbox angularity of its rivals, the CX-90’s presentation is sleek, urbane, even fancy, with lots of brightwork accenting the front and rear bumpers, rocker panels and grille frame.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

Three-dimensional roses of all sizes appeared throughout the collection, accenting necklines and adorning shoulders.

From Reuters Jul. 4, 2023

Elegant landscaping and pathways, brick patio with gravel and rock accenting, mature trees, two-car carport.

From Washington Times May 25, 2023

Harley’s words were becoming disjointed and he was accenting the words at the beginning and swallowing the ending sounds until it didn’t sound like English any more.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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