accentuation
Example Sentences
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As I scrolled through posts on WallStreetBets, I realized that the crowd gathered online was all about risk accentuation, not mitigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Other parameters come into play, such as prosody, which includes pauses, accentuation and intonation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
Michigan State has gone to 7-0 and Michigan could follow against Northwestern next Saturday, meaning the two of them would make quite a Halloween accentuation in East Lansing on Oct.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2021
“Goma faces four types of risks: accentuation of earthquakes, a new volcanic eruption, explosion of gas pockets under the lake, and the toxicity of the ambient environment,” he said at a news conference on Wednesday.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2021
The short hair accentuated his features, specifically his too-close-together beady eyes, which did not stand up well to accentuation.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
