emphases

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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

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

You could hear Nézet-Séguin working out the dynamic emphases in real time at Carnegie.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022

The variations and emphases that feeling may dictate can be done in the painting stage.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold