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emphatic

[em-fat-ik] / ɛmˈfæt ɪk /


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He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Tuchel has come up with an emphatic answer to the question of whether Manchester City's Phil Foden or Chelsea's Cole Palmer should make his squad – neither.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

UCLA-bound Mateo Fuerbringer was ready from the start, ending Loyola’s first three rallies with thunderous kills and the fourth with an emphatic stuff block.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

She then simply turned away and playing the diva, gave an emphatic "No".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The merest acquaintance would have said something more emphatic than “I will, thank you; good-by,” to such a request.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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