overemphasis

Example Sentences

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He thinks big companies will soon realize that their overemphasis on AI-produced code is driving up costs and leading to subpar software.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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 • Oct. 21, 2025

Listing these catch-up details reveals the introductory episodes’ overemphasis on the situation instead of leaning into the comedy of it all.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024

Ultimately, it’s the epiphanies and insights that make it possible to enjoy, without too much guilt, the flat-out entertainment of “Some Like It Hot,” including its groaners, overemphasis and old-school gags.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

His life shows such an overemphasis of certain Puritan traits as almost to presage the coming decline of clerical influence.

From History of American Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post