overemphasis

Example Sentences

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An overemphasis on winning risks rewarding the vigilant while exhausting everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

“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

The study, published last week in Nature Sustainability, found that an overemphasis on recycling has distracted us from better options for preventing waste.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

Yet according to a growing body of research, an overemphasis on passion for one’s work can be detrimental in a number of ways.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

There had, indeed, been no overemphasis in the words she had used!

From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)