emphasizes

VERB

stress, give priority to

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accentuate affirm assert highlight indicate maintain point out reiterate repeat underline underscore

STRONG

accent articulate charge dramatize enlarge enunciate headline hit impress italicize mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate spotlight weight

WEAK

bear down dwell on insist on labor the point limelight make a point make clear make emphatic make much of play up point up put accent on rub in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny

STRONG

lose mumble

WEAK

depreciate forget ignore play down understate

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emphasizes

Paralleling the pair’s different formations and aesthetic willfulness, the exhibition emphasizes points of overlap and rejection, sympathy and refusal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The One Medicine approach emphasizes that human and veterinary medicine can inform one another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

And, he emphasizes, a key reason for buying the China holdings is that the country’s stocks remain out of favor “and you get very obviously good companies growing nicely in incredibly attractive valuations.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“There isn’t any evidence that demonstrates this works,” Yasmin emphasizes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Gardullo emphasizes that it’s the sand that has protected the artifacts “‘that would have otherwise been lost to history.’”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler