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call attention to

verb as in accentuate

verb as in underscore

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For years, victims and advocates tried to call attention to the dangerous encounters at Buck’s apartment.

Scientists believe that algae use bioluminescence as a defense mechanism — to scare off hungry sea creatures or call attention to their location, which draws the predators’ predators.

Student protest organizers said they were using the holiday to call attention to the displacement and death inflicted on Palestinians and Lebanese people by Israel.

The advisory is to call attention to a “youth mental health crisis” and recommend resources to call on and actions to take.

Officials used the recent incidents to call attention to the Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting app LASAR, which they say “enables the Los Angeles school community to anonymously report instances of suspicious activity, mental health incidents, drug consumption, drug trafficking, vandalism and other safety issues.”

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

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