overemphasis
Example Sentences
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Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist, warns that an overemphasis on telling parents to send their children to school with a cold could backfire.
From Los Angeles Times
While California Latinos have essentially been clamoring for the equivalent of a Marshall Plan to build the economy for the state’s largest ethnic group, the political overemphasis on those here illegally continues unabated.
From Los Angeles Times
Listing these catch-up details reveals the introductory episodes’ overemphasis on the situation instead of leaning into the comedy of it all.
From Salon
Perhaps because of our overemphasis on differences – especially political – we’ve lost a sense of interdependency between different communities.
From Salon
“I think that actually goes part and parcel with some of the overemphasis on these big highway widening projects.”
From Seattle Times
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