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accent

[ak-sent, ak-sent, ak-sent] / ˈæk sɛnt, ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt /
NOUN
importance, emphasis
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Arendt’s German accent, cutting formulations and adversarial composure—Hans Morgenthau, a political scientist and friend of Arendt, said she was an “intellectual street fighter”—became inseparable from her arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

You refresh a feed for news of a village whose name your relatives say with their whole mouths and you say with an accent that gives you away.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The same agent, who spoke with a Chicano accent, later sped off in a vehicle while asking in Spanglish, “¿Alguien arresto un tonk, güey?”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Stevens speaks energetically in a thick regional accent.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

An unnamed man with an Irish accent was also in Kappe's office when Dasch arrived.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Sentinels stand on the plot’s four corners: kousa dogwood, favored for its red accents.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The Proclaimers, famous for singing with Scottish accents, were formed in 1983 by twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid who are from Auchtermuchty in Fife.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

That meant ditching bright orangy accents for a more subdued facade with many more windows, making the property look more like an office building than a warehouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Quebeckers accused him, among other things, of “glottophobia”—prejudice against dialects or accents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Their flattened accents carry up into our apartment from three stories below.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

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.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2025

Everyone I pass stares at me from a distance and then, as we grow closer, looks down at their feet and mumbles buenas tardes, senorita in heavily accented Spanish.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

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

The jumbo-sized safety pins accenting skirts and dresses and appearing in punk-ish earrings stood out.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 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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