overemphasis

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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

“I think that actually goes part and parcel with some of the overemphasis on these big highway widening projects.”

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

"Dirty fuel, the overemphasis on external markers of achievement," she says, "over time is going to clog up your kid's engine."

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2023

You will find the result is that overemphasis which has brought such discredit upon the name of "elocution."

From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell