emphasis
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He said the emphasis should not be on pinning blame on individuals but finding the cause: "We need to know what is killing our elephants."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead, Ted’s emphasis on personal growth and camaraderie rebuilds the Greyhounds from their league’s demoralized joke into its comeback kings, powered by their yearning to Believe.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
SpaceX’s emphasis on its allocation from Nvidia “further reinforces that the AI-compute shortage is unlikely to ease, even through 2027,” Slowinski said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Greater emphasis is being placed on good governance, transparency, sustainable football development and giving Cafmore room to shape the continent's own priorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Whenever he told a story, he would gesture for emphasis, and now was no exception.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The show’s photos, predominantly in black and white, document these dramatic emphases as revealed by the stances and gestures of Graham and her dedicated group of women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The difference was not just one of opposing political ideologies but of vastly different cultural and human emphases.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024
Where Hearts had made the right choices in key moments, Celtic too often took the wrong option with passes, crosses and emphases.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
And the difficulty of what he’s doing shouldn’t be understated: He’s not just repeating his part of the dialogue but replicating his pauses, cadence, emphases naturally and in sync with Hnath’s audio.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
If, therefore, the Christian Gospel is going to be true to itself, it must carefully preserve amid the pressure of our modern social enthusiasms certain fundamental emphases which are characteristic of its genius.
From Christianity and Progress by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Vocabulary lists containing emphasis
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 31-40
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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