Examples of emphasize in a Sentence
supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut
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So had Florida not decided to tweak its offense to emphasize paint touches, dwindling the bricks its guards had regularly tossed through the first two disastrous months, this could have been a historic season.
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
But airport officials emphasized that access fees are assessed to the companies, not customers or drivers, and pointed out that LAX hadn’t increased its fees since Uber and Lyft began operating there in 2015.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The country’s atomic energy organisation said the Natanz enrichment complex, one of Iran’s most sensitive uranium sites, was hit but emphasized that no radioactive materials were released.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
One way to do that is to emphasize the firewall between the highly political School Board and WLRN’s independent journalism.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
But airport officials emphasized that access fees are assessed to the companies, not customers or drivers, and pointed out that LAX hadn’t increased its fees since Uber and Lyft began operating there in 2015.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The country’s atomic energy organisation said the Natanz enrichment complex, one of Iran’s most sensitive uranium sites, was hit but emphasized that no radioactive materials were released.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
One way to do that is to emphasize the firewall between the highly political School Board and WLRN’s independent journalism.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Emphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphasize. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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emphasize
verb
em·pha·size
ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz 
emphasized; emphasizing
: to place emphasis on : stress as being important or so as to stand out
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