Examples of downplay in a Sentence
Athletes often downplay their injuries.
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
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Rogan during the interview downplayed the reports about Trump’s Hitler comments.
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Isom in the Thursday interview also downplayed the effect of Boeing’s problems on the company, even as the aircraft manufacturer reports a $6 billion loss for the third quarter and faces more labor unrest after the company’s striking machinists rejected its latest contract proposal this week.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Harris has lost momentum with progressive and working class voters, downplaying plans to ban price gouging, breaking up monopolies and other economic populist messaging that gets to the heart of food system change.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Walker, who took over in August 2022, downplayed the significance of recent closures and noted last summer Frisch’s opened its newest location in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Isom in the Thursday interview also downplayed the effect of Boeing’s problems on the company, even as the aircraft manufacturer reports a $6 billion loss for the third quarter and faces more labor unrest after the company’s striking machinists rejected its latest contract proposal this week.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Harris has lost momentum with progressive and working class voters, downplaying plans to ban price gouging, breaking up monopolies and other economic populist messaging that gets to the heart of food system change.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Walker, who took over in August 2022, downplayed the significance of recent closures and noted last summer Frisch’s opened its newest location in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Downplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downplay. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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