1
as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety
the restaurant manager has a tendency to stress about every little thing that goes wrong
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2
as in emphasizing
to make more apparent
his bad performance only stressed what I'd been saying all along
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as in highlighting
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
the doctor stressed the importance of exercise
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Recent Examples of stressing
Wiener had defended the bill, stressing that its provisions only apply to companies that spend more than $100 million on training large models or $10 million fine-tuning models, limits that would exempt most smaller startups.
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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
The United States can make a powerful case for its economic leadership by stressing fairness, transparency, and accountability.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2021
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
The United States can make a powerful case for its economic leadership by stressing fairness, transparency, and accountability.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stressing
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The hilarity of people worrying about toy safety/propriety is timeless.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Of course, the relationship could be less about the oil price itself and more about investors worrying over the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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The White House wanted to increase pressure to settle, emphasizing the responsibility to reopen the ports to help with recovery from Hurricane Helene, the person said.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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In summary, align your leaders, manually collect relevant information and incrementally make your way up to automation while emphasizing the need for a unified system to address security, data and business requirements.Balaji Ganesan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Any lesser achievements prompted stern warnings, reinforcing the idea that feedback equated to failure.Dr. Flo Falayi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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During the Antebellum period, Black religions were demonized as evil and dangerous, reinforcing the moral and (white) religious justification for slavery and the arming of white society under the pretense that these spiritual practices posed a threat to the racial social order.Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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These upgraded electrical ROVs – featuring rat-proof wiring, indestructible tires, and ergonomic driving levers – are akin to a rodent version of Tesla’s Cybertruck.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Hats and T-shirts featuring the phrase have also popped up on some e-commerce sites.Angela Yang, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Stressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stressing. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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