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emphasis
noun as in importance, prominence
Strongest matches
attention, insistence, intensity, priority, significance, strength, stress, weight
Strong matches
accent, accentuation, force, headline, highlight, impressiveness, moment, positiveness, power, preeminence
Weak matches
decidedness, underlining, underscoring
Example Sentences
The university’s admissions place a heavy emphasis on GPAs, but these don’t reliably reflect student preparation because grades are inflated.
There is an emphasis on providing instructional materials featuring diverse characters that look like students, who often learn about their culture and history from the content.
There’s some truth to this, but the overarching emphasis on miasma theory fundamentally ignores how the immune system works.
Across income groups, consumers are making cost-cutting trade-offs and putting more emphasis on finding the best deal, the data showed.
"I don't see it putting any kind of emphasis on any form of investment," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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