de-emphasize

Example Sentences

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Now that her recruitment journey is over, she has been able to de-emphasize tournament play.

From Washington Post

The movement to de-emphasize punishment has been gaining momentum around the world, and in a new book, “What’s Prison For?”

From New York Times

Facebook’s value to publishers declined after the company decided to de-emphasize news posts in 2018, making CrowdTangle’s original function less vital.

From The Verge

Still, he argued Putin’s actions had been “so aggressive and so brazen and so immoral” that it had “de-emphasized the difference” between various foreign policy approaches.

From Seattle Times

Everyone I talked to said the one regret is how much they de-emphasized the environmental issues.

From Los Angeles Times