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Examples of emphasize in a Sentence
supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut
Recent Examples on the Web
But the court emphasized that the penalty should be closely tied to the cost of the training.
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Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Failure to make progress now increases humanity’s future reliance on still-nascent technologies like carbon capture, which will attempt to scrub carbon from the atmosphere, the UN emphasizes.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
The immensity of the project emphasizes the care and purpose with which Marshall demands space for considering a subject that is too often overlooked in contemporary art.
—Kerry James Marshall, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
On Saturday, Netanyahu emphasized that no deal is done.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
The goal isn’t to completely eliminate these reminders from your life, Dr. Cormier emphasizes.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 Nov. 2023
In an oral tradition, Gladstone emphasizes, there’s no one way of seeing things; each person’s narrative is the truth.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
The treatise also emphasized the importance of display and order.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
There is a tradition of writing about antisemitism which simply emphasizes these long continuities.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
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Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Failure to make progress now increases humanity’s future reliance on still-nascent technologies like carbon capture, which will attempt to scrub carbon from the atmosphere, the UN emphasizes.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
The immensity of the project emphasizes the care and purpose with which Marshall demands space for considering a subject that is too often overlooked in contemporary art.
—Kerry James Marshall, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
On Saturday, Netanyahu emphasized that no deal is done.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
The goal isn’t to completely eliminate these reminders from your life, Dr. Cormier emphasizes.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 Nov. 2023
In an oral tradition, Gladstone emphasizes, there’s no one way of seeing things; each person’s narrative is the truth.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
The treatise also emphasized the importance of display and order.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
There is a tradition of writing about antisemitism which simply emphasizes these long continuities.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
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First Known Use
1793, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing emphasize
Dictionary Entries Near emphasize
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“Emphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphasize. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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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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