emphases

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The subtleties, the nuances, the different emphases of different countries, on a huge range of issues - and changing all the time.

From BBC • May 21, 2023

There were emphases on ballhandling, shooting from midrange, being aggressive, driving to the basket and finishing around the rim.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

By strict definition, "classical education" refers to a series of liberal arts emphases on subjects like grammar, logic, rhetoric and math.

From Salon • May 31, 2022

The emphases include the preservation and restoration of the liberal arts, including the “great books,” and the traditions of Western civilization.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2022

In placing the lecture before the public in print, it is impossible, by having recourse to any system of punctuation, to indicate the pauses, jerky emphases, and odd inflexions of voice which characterised the delivery.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Ward, Artemus