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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
emphasise .
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Examples
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I just think the ‘meedja’ really are pathetic and this once again emphasises that point. scotinsp
The Customer Is Always Right « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I just think the ‘meedja’ really are pathetic and this once again emphasises that point. xxx
The Customer Is Always Right « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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On film, well - Hoffman's character Benjamin is young, certainly, but the very title emphasises that he has adult status: a college graduate.
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On film, well - Hoffman's character Benjamin is young, certainly, but the very title emphasises that he has adult status: a college graduate.
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The new name emphasises the close ties that SIX Telekurs Ltd has with its affiliated companies of the SIX Group and also signifies the increased international focus the organisation has adopted.
Bobsguide News 2008
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The term "Cambridge Platonists" is, perhaps, less appropriate than that of "Latitudinarians," which latter name emphasises their broad-mindedness (even if it carries with it something of disapproval).
Bygone Beliefs 1969
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I wished to range father and son on either side of the dividing summary; for though the elder wrote long after 1850 and the younger some time before it, in hardly any pair is the opposition of the earlier and later times more clearly exposed; and the identity of name emphasises the difference of nature.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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When asked about this comment later, he said: "I think that phrase emphasises that I am not making any assumptions in this case."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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When asked about this comment later, he said: "I think that phrase emphasises that I am not making any assumptions in this case."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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When asked about this comment later, he said: "I think that phrase emphasises that I am not making any assumptions in this case."
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