"extreme emphasis" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong emphasis or emphasis that is more intense than usual. Example: The teacher used extreme emphasis when telling her students the importance of completing their homework on time.
They now accept literally when used the same as "figuratively"... to express extreme emphasis.
But the true culprit is the extreme emphasis on rankings in the American college admissions process.
Finally, the extreme emphasis on testing begs a larger question: What is the purpose of education?
Because one used to present the whole arc of a speech, and the other presented the whole arc of a song, without any intrusive extreme emphasis.
Extreme emphasis on motorsports produced A.J. Foyt's world closed-course speed record of 257 m.p.h., plus an Indianapolis 500 victory on Olds's 100th birthday in 1997 (in a predominantly Olds field).
It's how I took the line when I first read the play, but then came to doubt it because of the text's extreme emphasis on virginity as a prime feminine virtue.
But Mr. Herbert has arranged it to affect her oppressively, and David Miller, the director, has put extreme pictorial emphasis on this point.
The survival of philosophy in the West required extreme prudence, emphasis on its scientific character, abstention from meddling in political or religious matters, and abandonment of the hope of effecting extensive doctrinal or institutional reform.
There is an extreme anti-Islamist emphasis at pro-government rallies, with chants for "the execution of the Brotherhood" and fury at anyone believed to be critical of the post-coup leadership, reports said.
The extreme post war emphasis on economic development is a burden on public schools because the ability to compete economically with other nations is not entirely, or even mostly, dependent upon the education system.
However, they absolutely loved "TC 2000," with its emphasis on extreme, continuous martial arts displays.
