emphasizing

Example Sentences

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It’s the double bind of representation: Blindness should be incidental, just one of many qualities that make up a character, but at the same time, underemphasizing blindness trivializes the stigma and marginalization it carries.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Wait, stop, I’m underemphasizing the big thing: I’m swimming!

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

Wang said the government's assessment method overemphasizes the role of the electric power industry, for example, while underemphasizing the effects that many small polluters have on the environment.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2015

The movie is thankfully explicit and unsensational, neither underemphasizing the nature and intensity of each shoot nor overstating the symbolic significance of any scene.

From Forbes • Nov. 20, 2014

The faulty perspective consists in overemphasizing lesser problems and thereby underemphasizing the first and greatest problem.

From State of the Union Address by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano