emphases

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An agency spokesperson told ProPublica it is not unusual for the institute to publish directors’ letters with grant applications, and that this one informs readers “about this Administration’s thematic emphases in the semi-quincentennial year.”

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The subtleties, the nuances, the different emphases of different countries, on a huge range of issues - and changing all the time.

From BBC • May 21, 2023

Looking back at old data “is certain to raise concerns as curricular emphases, education reform priorities, and testing technologies evolve over time,” he said.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2022

The emphases include the preservation and restoration of the liberal arts, including the “great books,” and the traditions of Western civilization.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2022

Literature would be a language which dispenses with gesture, facial expression, tone of voice; which is, in its halts, accelerations and retardations, emphases and concessions, the apotheosis of conversation.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer