emphasize
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Although niacin is a vitamin, the researchers emphasize that high doses should not be viewed as harmless simply because the substance is widely available.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 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
To emphasize the ghoulishness, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki shoots the president and his advisors in unflattering low angles with a formaldehyde sheen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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
It is the “cosmetic touches” that the videos emphasize and that Ted, when he wanders back into the room, continually directs my eye to.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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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
Although Cousins is in the twilight of his career, he has thrown a league-high nine touchdown passes, thriving in a system that emphasizes play action schemes and quickly diagnosing coverages, two areas where Cousins excels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The One Medicine approach emphasizes that human and veterinary medicine can inform one another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
“There isn’t any evidence that demonstrates this works,” Yasmin emphasizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Her mother emphasizes that the United States is a cold place, where neighbors barely know one another.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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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
He also emphasized that his team could improve in every aspect of the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Seen in two venues, that balance shifted: The High’s theatrical immersion emphasized Evans’s ominous undercurrents, while the Whitney’s understatement illuminates her generative spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
His dark half-dome forehead and gravely receding hairline emphasized a broad face, broad chest and shoulders, and enormously muscular arms.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
But finally acknowledged that the injury could have affected his swing mechanics, while again emphasizing that he wouldn’t use that as an excuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The agreement rules that out, emphasizing Danish sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Greenlandic right to self-determination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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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