1
as in to highlight
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
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2
as in to reinforce
to make more apparent
that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut
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Recent Examples of emphasize
Over and over again, friends, customers and staff emphasized how Betsy became like a mother to them.
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Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Over the years, the city has emphasized large, single-family homes and large apartment complexes.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
Those preseason practices have helped Heat players prepare for this faster style, as conditioning work was emphasized even more than usual.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Kuminga’s highlight reel Both Kerr and Kuminga have emphasized the fifth-year forward’s commitment to doing the little things, such as rebounding and hitting the open man.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
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Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Over the years, the city has emphasized large, single-family homes and large apartment complexes.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
Those preseason practices have helped Heat players prepare for this faster style, as conditioning work was emphasized even more than usual.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Kuminga’s highlight reel Both Kerr and Kuminga have emphasized the fifth-year forward’s commitment to doing the little things, such as rebounding and hitting the open man.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emphasize
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Advertisement Instead, Takaichi’s strengths, Nagy says, would be playing against Ishiba’s weaknesses and highlighting her own similarities to Trump.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Target leans back towards DEI Target last week highlighted its partnership with the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs that provides education and other services to Black founders of small businesses.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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These past two days have reinforced for me the importance of codifying principles and creating a road map to achieve them.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump made the announcement on Truth Social after the Canadian province of Ontario began running a television advertisement in the United States featuring a speech from former President Ronald Reagan.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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The second look channeled her inner angel, featuring a silky camisole, a short set and massive quilted wings.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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In a sobering assessment of the current state of independent cinema, Tokyo International Film Festival jury president Carlo Chatrian expressed concern that most of the festival’s competition films lack distribution deals, underscoring the mounting challenges facing arthouse filmmakers worldwide.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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That Nvidia, a critical AI chip provider; and Microsoft, a major player in the cloud market, beat Apple to $4 trillion underscores just how important AI has become to Wall Street.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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But, as the head coach has also stressed, building on the momentum of back-to-back Premier League wins is critical.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Mollick echoed those concerns and stressed the importance of keeping humans in the loop, particularly in healthcare and finance, where accountability still matters.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The research team revealed that the findings of the study offer new insights into enhancing the performance of electrochemical systems, including batteries, fuel cells, and sensors.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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That the impact is so severe and so global underlines the fact that much of web hosting is centralized on Amazon.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Five goals and three assists in six Bundesliga matches underline a breakout month for one of Europe’s brightest young playmakers.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Japan, one of the world’s most homogeneous nations, faces deepening labor shortages as its birth rate plummets and its population ages.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Using fractional diffusion theory, the research deepens understanding of transient charging behaviors in complex materials, which is key to designing high-performance components used for advanced engineering electrochemical systems in general.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Emphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emphasize. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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