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Common collocations with emphasize in American Collocation

emphasize verb transitive

US /ˈemfəˌsaɪz/

consistently
constantly
continually
particularly
repeatedly
rightly
strongly

This is something we can’t emphasize too strongly .

importance

importance
significance
uniqueness
value

I can’t emphasize the importance of this enough.

need

necessity
need

She emphasized the need to protect the country’s infant democracy.

fact

aspect
fact
point

He emphasized the fact that the objective of the sanctions was not to hurt ordinary people .

difference/similarity

difference
distinction
similarity

The results emphasize the differences between the two approaches.