emphasize
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Meanwhile, their top executives are increasingly talking about AI in ways that emphasize potential broad-based economic opportunity rather than job displacement or other scary scenarios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then cinematographers Evan Draper and Jazleana Jones along with Ullom, who also edits, take a steadier hand with evocative montages that emphasize the passage of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Among those initiatives is Target Trend Brain, an AI tool trained to sort through data from social media and fashion shows to help the company’s designers decide what to emphasize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The researchers emphasize that skull anatomy cannot provide a complete account of the dodo's behavior.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Her hair is much shorter— she has choppy bangs above her eyebrows and everything is mussed-up, as if to emphasize the asymmetry—but it is her.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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Weight-loss advice often emphasizes calorie restriction and smaller portions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The diet emphasizes fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, nuts, and olive oil — and limiting foods like red meat, cheese and sugar.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Talarico’s campaign emphasizes the need to get the government out of private personal decisions, and the Democrat advocates for a version of Christianity that accepts all people as made in God’s image.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
“She works very hard at making it seem like it’s off the cuff,” he emphasizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
As this physician emphasizes, pure exposure to a single chemical is the exception, rather than the rule.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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They emphasized the first syllable: ROCKola, like “broccoli.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Merrill emphasized it’s important to communicate that “in-person care is restricted,” but that people are still accessing pills by mail.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The plan hasn’t seemed to change under current CEO Josh D’Amaro, who managed the Epic Games partnership in his previous role as parks chief and has emphasized the importance of technology in his new position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those windows also help to blur the lines between the indoors and out—giving the property a natural feel that is further emphasized by the use of wood throughout the design.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I know. But it is my job to remind you,” Guardian says, and I think I have a feeling which word she would’ve emphasized if she had that ability.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Hanging from the rafters, the tip of its blade points down ominously over viewers’ heads, emphasizing both the danger of the weapon and its fragility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The appointments came with aggressive goals that included tightening the military chain of command, turning an ideological militia into a neighborhood intelligence agency and emphasizing an offensive approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Instead, genetic studies of archaeological remains from Europe and the Americas have uncovered evidence of multiple treponemal diseases in ancient populations, emphasizing how complex the evolutionary history of these pathogens may be.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
When Stewart pressed her on the president’s fixation, Collins defended her record, emphasizing that she refuses to serve only one political audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Fridays are devoted to Civilization Night, when classes are held for brothers and sisters in the area of the domestic relations, emphasizing how both husbands and wives must understand and respect each other’s true natures.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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