- present tense form of accentuate (3rd person singular).
accentuates
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Total acetates were associated with a 15% higher risk of overall cancer and a 25% higher risk of breast cancer.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
He harnessed that hunger to deliver work for hire, distributing demo records — called acetates — to labels.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2018
Stephenson's project began when he bought 10 original Warhol acetates - the enlarged photographic negatives of those icons that Warhol used to create his screenprints.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2017
The negatives in the collection shift from 5-by-7-inch glass plates to 4-by-5 acetates, which was a welcome evolution.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016
They form acetyl esters, or acetates, which can be separated from each other and identified by their crystal forms and melting points.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
