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accent

[ak-sent, ak-sent, ak-sent] / ˈæk sɛnt, ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt /
NOUN
importance, emphasis
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When a character speaks English, an accent is employed and the manner is often a bit stumbling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

It makes travel easier, helps you learn still more languages, and gives you lessons in humility when, no matter how fluent you are, you realize your French will always bear an Anglo accent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In a thick Quebecois accent, he said he set up rappers, athletes and other wealthy clients with rented cars, homes, jewelry and clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Holm's family understand that the caller had a Jamaican accent.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

A beefy man with a bushy Afro and a Caribbean accent gives me a firm handshake.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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