downplayed
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Analysts have downplayed the long-term financial impact of the outbreaks on the restaurant industry.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
While FDA staffers downplayed this benefit, one oncologist at the advisory committee hearing pointedly noted that most physicians consider a 30% response rate in metastatic patients whose cancer worsened on other treatments to be significant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Infantino downplayed several of the tournament's high-profile controversies and hailed the involvement of Iran, who featured at the World Cup despite their ongoing conflict with co-hosts the United States, as a success.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Warsh downplayed the usefulness of the Fed’s public forecasts, declined to submit one himself, and argued that markets perform best when reacting to economic data rather than interpreting Fed signals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
These two debates, about thinking and knowing, interlock because both generations have downplayed the idea that the new science was grounded in a new type of engagement with sensory reality.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
