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to treat (something) with more importance than is needed or proper
The teacher tends to overemphasize the value of tests. The importance of a healthy diet cannot be overemphasized.
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Recent Examples of overemphasized
Melanie Cree,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Its importance, however, can be overstated and overemphasized by amateur scouting staffs.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The potential impacts of abusing nitrous oxide cannot be overemphasized.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
The report overemphasized the effect of ChatGPT.
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Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.
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Kate Ruder,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.
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Kate Ruder,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.
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Kate Ruder,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
The end of the post–Cold War era has exposed the shortcomings of this approach, which overemphasized collective self-defense commitments and neglected the deeper economic, technological, and strategic ties that are increasingly salient in modern geopolitics.
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Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
The old name overemphasized the role of the ovary in this condition and did not describe how PMOS can affect many body systems.
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Melanie Cree,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Its importance, however, can be overstated and overemphasized by amateur scouting staffs.
—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The potential impacts of abusing nitrous oxide cannot be overemphasized.
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Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
The report overemphasized the effect of ChatGPT.
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Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.
—
Kate Ruder,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.
—
Kate Ruder,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.
—
Kate Ruder,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
The end of the post–Cold War era has exposed the shortcomings of this approach, which overemphasized collective self-defense commitments and neglected the deeper economic, technological, and strategic ties that are increasingly salient in modern geopolitics.
—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overemphasized
Adjective
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Rendered with the broad strokes of an overstated stage drama, the new surrealist comedy from Quentin Dupieux is light and largely uneventful.
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Some of it is deserved, some of it is a little overstated.
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Emma Wager, senior policy analyst for the program on the ACA at KFF, said there is fraud in the ACA marketplace, but the scale described by the federal government may be exaggerated.
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One Iranian woman, sporting a Pride flag behind her ear, brushed off the culture clash, saying the media exaggerated most of it.
Adjective
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King Charles was also treated at the same clinic at the time, for an enlarged prostate.
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The agency also calls for updating information related to prostate cancer risk and revising warnings regarding enlarged prostate.
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Elsewhere in the conversation, Winfrey appealed to creators’ sense of responsibility and emphasized that influence carries obligations.
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Antonella Capelli, Lectra’s president for EMEA, emphasized the growing importance of trend data in a fast-changing fashion landscape shaped by global economic and consumer shifts.
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Pending any video challenges in their season finale on Tuesday night versus Anaheim, the Wild will take a perfect review record into the playoffs, where every goal or potential no goal becomes more magnified.
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Maybe in some ways, kind of magnified.
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Though Kim stressed the new warship was a completely domestic product, Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, said the pace of shipbuilding could indicate otherwise.
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Shipment goals signal commercial readiness At the Munich event, CATL stressed that the product is now past the demonstration stage.
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Non-padded practices almost always favor defensive linemen, who have less for O-linemen to latch on to as the pass rushers try to speed-rush their way into the backfield.
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Inside, there’s a padded laptop compartment, two slip pockets, a zip pocket, a water bottle pouch, and an interior key ring holder.
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Wiley often wears her hair in a stretched state, combing through her gray coils with a blow dryer before doing a braid-out.
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Once activated, the Fe-SMA bars aim to shrink back to their pre-stretched shape.
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“Overemphasized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overemphasized. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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