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stresses

noun as in emphasis

verb as in accentuate, emphasize

verb as in put under physical or mental pressure

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But he stresses that the success or failure ultimately depends on global trends in people smuggling, over which UK ministers have little control.

From BBC

Despite some prying, he is coy about his character’s place in the narrative and instead stresses how much time has passed between the films.

Bart Wallet, a professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Amsterdam, stresses the need for careful terminology, warning against equating the recent violence with pogroms of the past.

From BBC

Yet immigration is still largely seen as separate from the environmental stresses contributing to it, and scrutiny of the far right has largely missed its intertwining with the climate crisis.

From Salon

“You can pick up on something about someone’s past relationships through what they find funny, or what they can’t find funny,” Golden stresses.

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

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