reemphasize

verb

re·​em·​pha·​size (ˌ)rē-ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz How to pronounce reemphasize (audio)
variants or re-emphasize
reemphasized or re-emphasized; reemphasizing or re-emphasizing

transitive verb

: to emphasize (something) again
reemphasizing the important points
Yet the point must be re-emphasized: however technically "inactive" most of these men were … most of them were caught up, to some degree, by the burning issues of the day.— Geoffrey Holmes

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Such enforcement was reemphasized at the start of the Adams administration, and Tisch, who was sworn in almost four months ago, has increased those efforts, announcing on Jan. 30 that police would more consistently enforce transit rules. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025 Far from representing a shift in ideology, the religious curriculum developed during the Faith Campaign simply reemphasized older Baathist policies on religion. — Samuel Helfont, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2016 Both spent another 30 minutes in smaller sessions with local reporters, reemphasizing the point. — Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 Indeed, the United States Agency for International Development has already started down this path; alongside the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy, USAID has reemphasized the importance of healthy democratic institutions to long-term development. — Matt Schrader, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for reemphasize

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First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reemphasize was in 1856

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