overemphasis

Example Sentences

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An overemphasis on winning risks rewarding the vigilant while exhausting everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist, warns that an overemphasis on telling parents to send their children to school with a cold could backfire.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Listing these catch-up details reveals the introductory episodes’ overemphasis on the situation instead of leaning into the comedy of it all.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024

Still, a subset of F1 devotees complain about what they see as an overemphasis on entertainment and ginned-up drama.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

Her trained ear detected the weaknesses and exaggerations, the overemphasis of the tyro, and she was instantly aware each time the sentence-rhythm tripped and faltered. 

From Martin Eden by London, Jack