overemphasis
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There were incorrect mathematical analyses, reliance on four poor-quality trials and the overemphasis of the study in children.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
He thinks big companies will soon realize that their overemphasis on AI-produced code is driving up costs and leading to subpar software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist, warns that an overemphasis on telling parents to send their children to school with a cold could backfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
That dirty fuel, the overemphasis on external markers of achievement, will get you a short term win.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2023
Indeed, we are witnessing, this very day, even in the far West, the influence of India in her monistic overemphasis upon the divine immanence, working toward a new Christian conception of God.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
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