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accentuate

verb as in focus attention on

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“You’ve got to go make it work with what you have,” Riley said, “And try to accentuate the things that we do well, and then try to — I don’t know if cover up’s the right word, but you got to try to create with what you have.”

"Chimp Crazy" is constructed as entertainment, with a soundtrack and framing choices that accentuate the absurd comedy of this situation alongside the tragedy.

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I felt — and I know Emma felt this very strongly too, and so did the cinematographer, and we talked to Peter about it as well — that I wanted to accentuate the loneliness of it, the isolation of it, rather than the energy of the act itself.

The company’s stock is typically volatile, so such large moves are not unusual, especially after the official close of regular trading, when low trading volumes can accentuate price swings.

I always like to accentuate the positive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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