emphasize
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Her character wears legwarmers and knit wristlets to the office as protection against the air conditioning, which also serves to emphasize her company’s interpersonal chill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The researchers emphasize that their findings should not be interpreted as a forecast of an earthquake date.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
He goes on to emphasize that what Claude found — a previously uncharacterized enzyme system found in viruses that infect bacteria — isn’t necessarily going to be useful.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
One thing you emphasize in the book is the need to make sure that we are not stunting children’s emotional growth, especially in the midst of this effort to push more A.I. into schools.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
To emphasize that point, the students scheduled a march and demonstration for election day, Saturday, May 18.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Ben Macintyre’s new book emphasizes how history sometimes hinges on quirky twists of fate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Bring a little forgiveness to the picture, says Celeste Birkhofer, a clinical psychologist and adjunct clinical faculty member at Stanford Medical School who emphasizes grief counseling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
He emphasizes how much her letters mean to him.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Kai Mathey, senior vice president of partnerships at Super Age, emphasized that my score was rough and that results will become more accurate as the data set grows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But White emphasized that for companies handling billions in revenue, "the sums are kind of irrelevant."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Still, she emphasized that students should be able to count on a degree or credential that they pay for making them better off.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Researchers emphasized that the results are encouraging but are not yet strong enough to support new treatment recommendations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
“So good to see you again, thank you for coming,” she said, with an extra dose of sincerity, the “so” emphasized, as though to make up for forgetting Ifemelu’s name.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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At the same time, some academics are emphasizing the need for students to hone AI skills to improve efficiency, deepen expertise, and meet the demands of a modern workforce.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The problem predates recent federal cuts challenging higher education, he said, emphasizing a decline in public trust in universities and affirming that USC is well placed to address it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
It’s also worth emphasizing that buying and holding has outperformed each of these three seasonal strategies on a risk-adjusted basis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Livia’s students perform a kind of greatest hits of the novel’s signal compositions, each one emphasizing something different and intimately revealing in their playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“We must invite her to dinner whenever the circus is in town, so we might get to know her better,” Chandresh says pointedly, emphasizing the statement with a satisfied grin.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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