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supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut
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Silver detailed the complexities of creating such a model, emphasizing the numerous choices required in statistical modeling.
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Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Candidates for local and statewide office routinely emphasize or overstate crime, and that includes Democrats as well.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 June 2024
Advertisement Freeland had wanted to emphasize at the press tour how the casts in the last few years had become much more diverse, and how the two flagship shows had featured more conversations revolving around race.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
Kroon emphasized that the installation was not in response to the tragedy on Sunday.
—Kaila Nichols, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Candidates for local and statewide office routinely emphasize or overstate crime, and that includes Democrats as well.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 June 2024
Advertisement Freeland had wanted to emphasize at the press tour how the casts in the last few years had become much more diverse, and how the two flagship shows had featured more conversations revolving around race.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
Kroon emphasized that the installation was not in response to the tragedy on Sunday.
—Kaila Nichols, CNN, 26 June 2024
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“Emphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphasize. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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emphasize
verb
em·pha·size
ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz 
emphasized; emphasizing
: to place emphasis on : stress as being important or so as to stand out
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