emphasis
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And Dastmalchian, who portrays Bison with an emphasis on sniveling evil, struggles to quietly undercut the character’s cartoonishly menacing getup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In English, the models tended to favor more individualistic and analytical responses, while in Chinese, they placed greater emphasis on relationships and broader context.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
KFC hasn’t placed as much emphasis on beverages as Taco Bell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The fact his previous deal expired at the end of the season did put a slightly greater emphasis on the speed of discussions than normal.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Someone had taken film from my roughly forty-minute talk and edited it down to a single ten-second clip, stripping away the context, putting the emphasis on a few words.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The show’s photos, predominantly in black and white, document these dramatic emphases as revealed by the stances and gestures of Graham and her dedicated group of women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
And the difficulty of what he’s doing shouldn’t be understated: He’s not just repeating his part of the dialogue but replicating his pauses, cadence, emphases naturally and in sync with Hnath’s audio.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
"We need unity among free marketeers. Kemi and Suella Braverman set out convincing programmes, with differing emphases, for change," Lord Frost said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2022
By strict definition, "classical education" refers to a series of liberal arts emphases on subjects like grammar, logic, rhetoric and math.
From Salon ● May 31, 2022
If the primary accentuation be given through a finger reaction, the fixating of that specific form of change will predispose toward an overlooking of secondary emphases depending on minor motor reactions of a different sort.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
Vocabulary lists containing emphasis
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 31-40
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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