emphasis
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“The Vow” puts a heavy emphasis on religion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Nvidia has been in an increasingly competitive era for more than a year, since the emphasis in the AI era shifted beyond model training to inference, or running trained models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
"The cause that gets the most emphasis right now is AI safety, but I think it would be false to say EA is AI safety," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Diez told MarketWatch that Agility’s emphasis on safety and its ability to deploy autonomous humanoids sets it apart from competitors.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The deliberate emphasis, the deepened voice, meant that Richard was not part of we; a visitor could not take the liberties of the homeowners.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Still, Treuer admits, “there is a movement from the local to the quasi-universal through the three books, the same mixture in all three, just with different emphases on historical, reported and memoiristic material.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
An agency spokesperson told ProPublica it is not unusual for the institute to publish directors’ letters with grant applications, and that this one informs readers “about this Administration’s thematic emphases in the semi-quincentennial year.”
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
Their language and emphases may be different, but the diagnosis is the same.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
Its emphases vary according to my own indifferences and ignorance as well as according to my own sympathies and knowledge.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by J. Frank (James Frank) Dobie
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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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