emphasize

Through it all, Steinem emphasized she was just one part of a much larger struggle, as she said before receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.

But because of the way society emphasizes certain visible traits, that person might be labeled as "racially Asian,” erasing part of their ancestry without really saying anything in particular about their biology.

These students completed a questionnaire asking what kind of teacher they preferred— one who emphasized their strengths and successes, or one who highlighted their mistakes and corrected their weaknesses.