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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overemphasise .
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Examples
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"Parents have been sold a bill of goods that is highly destructive, because it overemphasises infant and toddler nurturing to the detriment of long-term parental and educational responsibilities."
Why parents shouldn't feel guilty if they can't devote time to their toddlers 2011
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The best thing about satire, is that it overemphasises characteristics which most polite people cringe at.
So here's the new New Yorker cover. Ann Althouse 2008
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The installation in the picture above is my 95 wide 16×9 screen, and I took the photo so you could also see the projector hanging on the ceiling (the photo overemphasises the projector – it is actually not so prominent).
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » If You Are Buying A Plasma TV… 2005
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The installation in the picture above is my 95 wide 16×9 screen, and I took the photo so you could also see the projector hanging on the ceiling (the photo overemphasises the projector – it is actually not so prominent).
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Hopefully this sheds a little light on why the capitalist position so often sounds like it overemphasises the material at the expense of the material.
Starbucks illustrates the weakness of global economy Athanasius 2007
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The installation in the picture above is my 95 wide 16×9 screen, and I took the photo so you could also see the projector hanging on the ceiling (the photo overemphasises the projector – it is actually not so prominent).
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However, if that still overemphasises regional differences because of ridings, then so be it.
how did it happen? daveberta 2005
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The report overemphasises the role of foreign trade in economic growth and creation of employment.
Umrabulo 1996
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Critics say that it overemphasises the rights of criminals at the expense of the needs of victims.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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Those who support the Saharans 'quest for freedom are critical of the text of the resolution because it overemphasises the role of the Security Council.
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