overemphasis
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An overemphasis on winning risks rewarding the vigilant while exhausting everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
“I think that actually goes part and parcel with some of the overemphasis on these big highway widening projects.”
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024
"Dirty fuel, the overemphasis on external markers of achievement," she says, "over time is going to clog up your kid's engine."
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2023
Yet according to a growing body of research, an overemphasis on passion for one’s work can be detrimental in a number of ways.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
His life shows such an overemphasis of certain Puritan traits as almost to presage the coming decline of clerical influence.
From History of American Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
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