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noun

accenting

the act of giving special importance or significance to something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with accenting, each labelled with its topic.

  • The curator's accenting of two small drawings, hung alone on a wide wall, made them the room's real subject.

    Art

  • A single lamp on the left did the accenting, lifting the potter's hands out of a very dim room.

    Photography

  • The chief executive's accenting of a single number, printed twice as large as the rest, told the board where to look.

    Business

  • The drummer's accenting of the second and fourth beats gives the song its swing, even at a slow tempo.

    Music

  • The architect's accenting of the entrance, with a deep bronze frame on an otherwise plain wall, tells visitors where to go.

    Architecture

  • A little accenting with lemon zest at the end lifts the whole stew, drawing attention to flavors the long simmer had buried.

    Cooking

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