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Messi and Ronaldo's brilliance, and often tribal online following, has also driven an increased emphasis on individual records - among fans, media and the players who grew up dreaming of emulating them.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Her campaign places heavy emphasis on the related and Minnesota-specific issues of crime and fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The emphasis is on the speed of the take-up because the industry is moving so fast, development cycles are being compressed all the time and some models are now obsolete within six months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Marston, it turns out, who has experience in hospitality and marketing with an emphasis on fandom, was already dreaming of such a space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
One area of concern is the shrinking playground time during the school day due to an emphasis on more test-driven curricula.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Still, Treuer admits, “there is a movement from the local to the quasi-universal through the three books, the same mixture in all three, just with different emphases on historical, reported and memoiristic material.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
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
"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
Its predilections and readiness to compromise change with its geopolitical fortunes, interests, and emphases.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Samuel Vaknin
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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