harps (on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of harp (on)
as in emphasizes
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely there were so many good things about the stage production that it seems churlish to harp on a couple of minor missteps

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  1. emphasizes
  2. stresses
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  • Begay will direct parts of the $500,000 grant to his foundation and the Albuquerque Community Foundation and emphasizes his goal for the NB3 Foundation to thrive long after him.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • However, living in a city that emphasizes the importance of community has taught her how to ask for help.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Definition of emphasizes
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  • Those juxtaposing results, and the opposing emotions that came with them, are a reminder of why Cristobal stresses that his team avoids the external talk around his team.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Campos stresses that OpenAI’s refinement, while important, should not overshadow the conceptual leap made in the original work.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026
Definition of stresses
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“Harps (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harps%20%28on%29. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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