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accentuate

[ak-sen-choo-ayt] / ækˈsɛn tʃuˌeɪt /


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Rising yields have helped to accentuate a growing divide in the U.S. equity market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

Looking forward, Swiss Re warned that the El Nino climate pattern, which began in June and is expected to peak later this year, could accentuate the cost from weather-related disasters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

He tried to accentuate the positive but it was a battle.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

He decided to give classic jerseys a whirl, transforming them into more flattering silhouettes that accentuate a curvy torso.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Chaucer and Shakespeare did this all the time to accentuate the negative.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Through subtle harmonic shifts on “Crepuscule With Nellie,” perhaps Monk’s loveliest melody, he accentuates the song’s inherent connection to blues and church hymns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

"It accentuates what they've done," says Dr Barney Wainwright, senior research fellow at Leeds Beckett University.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The expansive living area boasts a stunning 180-bottle wine cellar and chic overhead lighting that accentuates the open floor plan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2025

His body of work accentuates the casual poetry of the everyday, his movies lauded for their breezy naturalness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

He’s dressed in a slim-fitting black suit that accentuates his broad shoulders, a black shirt, and no tie.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Adam Silverman’s pitiless lighting accentuated the mood and brought the characters into strong focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

This will be accentuated by small-cap stocks’ particular sensitivity to moves in bond yields as well as the Nasdaq 100 weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Beshir highlights the Pollock-inspired salad course, which is accentuated with a jazz soundtrack, as the thesis of the evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

They share a facial similarity that in certain closeups seems purposely accentuated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

I took the gardenia out, pinned it behind my right ear, where, I thought, it accentuated my intensely black eyes.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Pattinson portrays Hansen as a caricature of himself, accentuating the journalist’s unmistakable vocal cadence to remove any distance between “To Catch a Predator” and the man behind the show.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Brown said this weakness — as well as other technical signs accentuating how much the financial sector is underperforming — gives him reason for pause.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

Slot was in defiant mood in the aftermath of another disappointment, going through his full range of brave faces while accentuating the positive in the face of evidence to the contrary.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

She was a few years younger than Queen Victoria, and looked rather like her, in dress and bearing, and took to accentuating the resemblance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024

Th e sound of the chenda mushroomed over the temple, accentuating the silence of the encompassing night.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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