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Athletes often downplay their injuries.
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
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Fahmy, like the security experts who spoke with CNN, downplayed the real-life impact of the media chatter about an impending war, but all were worried by its growing intensity.
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Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
That is not to say that Koepka downplays the importance of the mental toughness required to win a major.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Yet during a press briefing that same day, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of health and human services, downplayed the scope of this outbreak.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
The chipmaker also downplayed concerns over DeepSeek, saying that more efficient AI models still require plenty of processing power in the long run.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
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Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
That is not to say that Koepka downplays the importance of the mental toughness required to win a major.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Yet during a press briefing that same day, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of health and human services, downplayed the scope of this outbreak.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
The chipmaker also downplayed concerns over DeepSeek, saying that more efficient AI models still require plenty of processing power in the long run.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Downplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downplay. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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