overemphasize
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It’s hard to overemphasize the chaos an abrupt revocation of identity documents can inflict on a person’s life.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
“There has been a propensity to overemphasize short term, technical headlines and overlook the broader direction of travel within our industry,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
It is an intimate space, which meant that Armitage had to do without decor, and which may have led her to overemphasize theatrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
The researchers are taking care not to overemphasize the results of their findings, saying the changes, while significant, remain slight.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
However, origin stories may leave out key aspects of what actually happened and overemphasize others.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
"I think our field overemphasizes testing with metabolic rate. People are actually very insensitive to changes in their own metabolic rate, so we're developing exoskeletons to do something that people can't actually perceive."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
Critics complain that extreme event attribution, as the effort is known, overemphasizes public communications and underestimates uncertainty.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 15, 2022
It overemphasizes formality and presentation, attributes that favor fine dining.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2019
It’s funny because of the large, exaggerated emotions spreading across his baby face, the way he overemphasizes the singer Kiely Williams’s lisp as he lip-syncs the word “promises.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
Ancient nations emphasized the social-national aspect of life overmuch, as for example the Spartans; the modern home overemphasizes the family aspect.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
A risk of a potential cyclical slowdown is overemphasized in markets for the Japanese maker of chip-testing equipment, Ito says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
They are highlighting that he twice left low-level secretary of state office jobs after being written up for poor job performance and questions over whether he’s overemphasized his military service.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
It cannot be overemphasized: an ASI would be an extremely powerful technology.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
Toys might help facilitate that, though they shouldn’t be overemphasized.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2022
The former problem has been frequently discussed, and perhaps, as Forbes suggests, overemphasized.
From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.
Skeptics have cautioned that AI models are prone to mistakes and overemphasizing the technology could restrict the types of studies researchers pursue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
But overemphasizing the benefits of tree planting for carbon capture "can disincentive the protection of intact ecosystems and can lead to negative trade-offs between carbon, biodiversity, and ecosystem function," the authors write.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
Twenge has also been accused of overemphasizing the effects of technology at the expense, for example, of economic explanations.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
He felt protective early on, when the media was overemphasizing where he is from with headlines like “... from South Central to stardom.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
She brings her toes and heels together in a single dramatic click, overemphasizing a military way of standing straight.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
