How to Use de-emphasize in a Sentence
de-emphasize
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Beginnings and endings, as well as the tops and tails of acts, are de-emphasized.
— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023 -
The thing about spelling is that orthography seems to have become de-emphasized over the years.
— Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Another way to de-emphasize appearance is to choose their clothes for function as well as or even instead of form.
— Virginia Sole-Smith, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023 -
The Vance approach de-emphasizes peoples' roles as consumers, as opposed to workers.
— Neil Irwin, Axios, 17 July 2024 -
When implemented in sports, kaizen de-emphasizes the game’s outcome.
— Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023 -
And Leventhal himself has de-emphasized the app’s crypto nature in favor of a more holistic vision for the company.
— Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 31 July 2024 -
Matthew believes making wrestling a family thing has helped Justice by de-emphasizing the pressure that comes with competing in such an intense one-on-one sport.
— Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024 -
Instead, Priscilla was filmed in a taller 1.85:1, allowing for more vertical space above and below Elordi to subtly de-emphasize his stature.
— Lane Brown, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Many schools have already begun to de-emphasize the need for standardizing testing; others are taking the stronger step to get rid of legacy admissions, which favor the children of alumni.
— Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 29 June 2023 -
But over the course of last year, the board repeatedly discussed the content of the class with Florida officials, who objected to specific ideas that were later removed or de-emphasized.
— Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023 -
In an era when analytically driven front offices de-emphasize R.B.I. as a pure statistic, the players still believe in their value.
— David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023 -
The campaign used accounts with the same name as the organization in what appeared to be an effort to trigger Twitter’s policy to de-emphasize inauthentic campaigns.
— Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Instead, both sides envisage a low-key form of cooperation that de-emphasizes the prospect of U.S. combat operations inside Iraq.
— Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Moving forward, however, Marvel intends to de-emphasize those connections, as some audiences have come to see the 46 titles that currently make up the MCU as a barrier of entry.
— Adam B. Vary, Variety, 21 May 2024 -
What’s more, World Aquatics set up a new scoring system in 2023 to de-emphasize subjectivity and put more focus on a routine’s objective difficulty in terms of overall points.
— Julia Sullivan, SELF, 6 Aug. 2024 -
Starting next January, any automaker that wants their motor vehicles to ace the group’s safety test will need to add more physical buttons and de-emphasize touch-sensitive controls.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Kennedy, however, wanted to de-emphasize the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. military strategy for defending the allied position in Berlin.
— Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023 -
Several of the reform proposals would de-emphasize the role of high-impact journals that charge pricey APCs as gatekeepers of quality in scientific scholarship.
— Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Aug. 2024 -
But after acquiring Reebok in 2005, Adidas de-emphasized Reebok’s commitment to basketball.
— Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 26 May 2024 -
The justices are expected to review laws in Florida and Texas that prohibit social media platforms from removing or de-emphasizing certain content and force them to publish details of their algorithms.
— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023 -
During his six-year term, López Obrador de-emphasized direct conflict with cartels and instead bolstered scholarships, job training, economic aid and other initiatives in a bid to provide alternative career paths for at-risk youth.
— Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024 -
But quietly, other universities have reinstated SAT requirements just a few years after joining the national wave to de-emphasize the test’s importance.
— Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024 -
The Gates foundation policy dovetails with calls by some open-access advocates to de-emphasize the role of journal articles in quality control and professional evaluations.
— Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Apr. 2024 -
The commission debated for months but was hopelessly divided over whether to overhaul the tax system to de-emphasize income taxes or increase budget reserves to cushion periodic decreases in revenues.
— Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024 -
In the wake of Waco, federal law enforcement opts to de-emphasize domestic terrorism, just as Noesner starts finding that many of his cases involve white supremacists and Christian nationalists ranting about tyranny.
— Noel Murray, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023 -
In June 2020 then-President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed the federal government to de-emphasize college degrees and assess applicants’ skills instead.
— Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
In June 2020, then-President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed the federal government to de-emphasize college degree requirements and assess applicants’ skills instead.
— Stand Together Trust, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 -
The Biden administration recently released its conventional-arms transfer policy, which de-emphasizes the Trump administration’s focus on the economic benefit of weapons sales in favor of considering the buyers’ human-rights records.
— Jonathan D. Caverley, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023 -
Language policy could shift dramatically toward de-emphasizing Ukrainian and strengthening Russian.
— Maria Popova, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2022
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