overemphasis
Example Sentences
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“An overemphasis on growth would compromise our performance,” Warnick said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
“I think that actually goes part and parcel with some of the overemphasis on these big highway widening projects.”
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
The study, published last week in Nature Sustainability, found that an overemphasis on recycling has distracted us from better options for preventing waste.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2023
Such overemphasis placed on mere form tended to draw the attention of the writer away from the matter.
From History of American Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
