overemphasize

Example Sentences

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But the energy throughout felt honestly built, never overemphasized.

From New York Times

Investors have a problem with recency bias, the tendency to overemphasize experiences and events that are freshest in their minds.

From Seattle Times

But too often, in pursuit of such influence over foreign policy, presidents overemphasize the importance of personal diplomacy.

From New York Times

“We have to do things because they make sense, not because China’s doing them” Khaled Hassounah: It does, I just don’t want to overemphasize that.

From The Verge

Maybe your folks are indeed loving and you’ve overemphasized their “very particular” — holy wow, chaotic, volatile, manipulative — side.

From Washington Post