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as in highlighted
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
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as in reinforced
to make more apparent
that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut
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Recent Examples of emphasized
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
This, Johnson emphasized, is now a new season.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Though the flu vaccine is not a perfect match for the variant, health officials have emphasized getting vaccinated remains vital.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Pahlavi said protests have spread to more than 100 cities and emphasized the role of Iran’s traditional merchant class, describing developments inside the country’s bazaars as a turning point.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The late Henry Henderson, then commissioner of the Department of Environment, emphasized at the time that recycling was not only good for the environment, but also saved taxpayers money.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Two of the Democratic standard-bearers to emerge from last week’s elections—Abigail Spanberger, the incoming governor of Virginia, and Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City—have emphasized different sides of these arguments in recent days.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
The ballet aesthetic is emphasized by a little bow adornment on the vamp.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
The head of the air traffic controllers union emphasized this week that the controllers were not walking off the job as part of an organized protest and were committed to their work.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
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Zeug emphasized the system’s readiness.
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In the run-up to the vote, United Nations rights monitors said Myanmar had witnessed intensified violence, repression and intimidation with civilians being threatened by both the military authorities and armed groups opposing them.—
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The denial comes amid intensified fighting in southern Ukraine, where Russian troops have sought to push forward in recent weeks.—
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The team also highlighted that the zinc-cellulose antenna is rolled up and placed inside a capsule along with the drug to be delivered.—
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One of my favorite stops at Basin that highlighted all the benefits of a thermotherapy circuit was the Kneipp pool.—
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The experience also reinforced Madsen’s belief in the power of social media.—
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This, in turn, reinforced Webster’s own initial claim about his fight with the MPD cop—that Rathbun had provoked the encounter by striking him in the head, then lied about it to counter Webster’s righteous assertion of self-defense, resulting in his wrongful conviction.—
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The enhanced tax credits were first enacted under President Joe Biden in 2021 and have been a focal point of Democratic messaging on health care and affordability.—
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The bill would give the Department of Transportation a two-year deadline to outline new national standards for electric vehicles, but would allow enhanced firefighter training to begin as soon as it's passed into law.—
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The study’s lead author, Sven Isaksson, professor of archaeological science at Stockholm University’s Archaeological Research Laboratory, stressed the significance of the findings in an email to CNN.—
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These raw materials are indispensable for industries from defense to technology, and the administration has repeatedly stressed their importance for US national security.—
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The urgency of their missing is underscored by startling numbers uncovered in our CBS Data Team investigation, which found that in 2025 domestic violence accounted for 26% of all violent crimes in Chicago.—
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The numbers only underscored the irony.—
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All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
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While the first film featured a relatively original premise and some genuine emotional dynamics in its suspenseful situations, this one just feels rote.—
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While there truly are lots of things going right at Everton at the moment, the Brentford game underlined some of what still needs to be fixed.—
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The fragility of the new agreement was underlined by Thailand's Defense Ministry spokesperson Surasant Kongsiri in a news briefing after Saturday's signing.—
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“Emphasized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emphasized. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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