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Which musical instruction tells a performer to give a note particular emphasis?

emphasis

[em-fuh-sis] / ˈɛm fə sɪs /


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“The Vow” puts a heavy emphasis on religion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 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

"Instead, restoration efforts should place greater emphasis on creating and maintaining mosaics of woodland and open habitats - not least through the restoration of natural-living large herbivores," Svenning concludes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Gomez said customers in the region have historically placed greater emphasis on sovereignty and control over technology than those in Europe and Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

She did not say this with any particular emphasis, but Roza knew she was being warned against jumping.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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

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

The emphases have all been slightly shifted, but shifted according to a valid scheme.

From Aspects of Literature by J. Middleton Murry


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