How to Use emphasis in a Sentence

emphasis

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  • Our candidate's plan has a different emphasis.
  • Charga specializes in street food from around the world, with an emphasis on plates of chicken.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Like a pair of Versace stilettos, the Levante puts a big emphasis on style.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Cardinale places a strong emphasis on the environment as well.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The brand also puts emphasis on lot (the area where stone is removed from the earth in the process of creating tiles or mosaics) specificity.
    — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The formal dining set, which contains plates, bowls, cups, and coffee and tea pots, is glazed in a soft off-white color that keeps the emphasis on the gently curved forms.
    — Anna Hezel, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Should the emphasis be on the most restrictive geographies to minimize the risk of non-compliance or litigation?
    — Brian Walker, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Major League Baseball, which has marketing problems all its own, at least gets the schedule right with its emphasis on divisional play.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
  • There have also been concerns that there is too much of an emphasis on election integrity in response to the 2020 results rather than turning out voters this year.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
  • On security, the two countries hammered out a new framework that puts less emphasis on capturing narcotics kingpins and more on reducing drug abuse and arms trafficking.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Moreover, some in Hollywood have decried the industry’s emphasis on sequels and superheroes.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The i Vision Dee's interior is virtually void of physical switchgear, which is meant to put an emphasis on using voice commands and keeping your eyes on the road.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The brand was the star, and the emphasis was on live classes, not tapes.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
  • But at the turn of the century, the emphasis turned to home runs.
    — Jason Parker, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • That’s a good start — to make the emphasis on life rather than death.
    — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • That re-emphasis has gone a long way in a short amount of time.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2021
  • This time around, though, the emphasis is on the breathing.
    — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Trump places a lot of emphasis on the market, of course.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2020
  • The emphasis was always on the thought rather than the expense.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Turnovers were a point of emphasis this week for the defense.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The game with Lowndes is a unique game with a lot of emphasis put on it.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2020
  • And with cotton, the whole emphasis is on high thread count...the closer the weave the better.
    — Carmen Rosy Hall, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The mids are decently tuned, with an emphasis on the warm, low mids, and a dip in the high mids.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 30 July 2021
  • That’s been a point of emphasis for Bowness coming out of the break.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Be all the things that Hollywood used to put a lot of emphasis on.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Jan. 2022
  • That's why there's such an emphasis on foods like cheeses and olive oils.
    — NBC News, 12 July 2019
  • A year ago, the team placed an emphasis on the offensive line.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2019
  • That puts more emphasis on getting a good shot off the tee even more.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 21 June 2018
  • Big dumb fun, sure, but with too much emphasis on the big and dumb parts of that equation.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 12 July 2018
  • Maybe this emphasis now is getting back to his roots, what he was raised on.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018

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