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emphasis

[em-fuh-sis] / ˈɛm fə sɪs /


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“There’s more emphasis on adopting healthy eating patterns early in life and then maintaining them,” said Dr. Alice H. Lichtenstein, a co-author of the report and professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

After consulting with players and fans, the Prem rebranded at the beginning of the current campaign with an emphasis on the physicality and confrontational nature of the on-pitch action.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The firm also expects countries to place greater emphasis on strategic stockpiling.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

In the state’s ethnic studies curriculum, Chávez is taught alongside other key figures such as Dolores Huerta and Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong, with emphasis on the broader farmworker movement and its diverse contributors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The traditional historiographical emphasis on the new physics assumes that the mathematization of the world began in the seventeenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton