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melodramatizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of melodramatize
as in overemphasizes

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  1. overemphasizes
  2. plays up
  3. exaggerates
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  • Almost everybody overemphasizes buying the technology and chasing the easy-to-measure things, headcount reduction among them.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Inherent in their definition is a sense of shared fate—a counter to a version of food consumption that overemphasizes individual choice.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of overemphasizes
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  • Without the sort of deep, dominant bullpen that plays up in October, Counsell planned to have lefty Matthew Boyd face two more hitters at the bottom of Milwaukee’s lineup in the eighth inning.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The book is enlivened by Andersen’s gift for satire, which plays up the comic potential of ideological extremes.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of plays up
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  • Armour points to two recent plays, one involving Chelsea Gray and another involving Kiah Stokes, as proof that Clark exaggerates contact and creates false narratives about opposing players.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
  • The best place to start is a sporting culture that exaggerates accomplishments and rewards capitalistic success before the sporting variety.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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