How to Use de-emphasize in a Sentence

de-emphasize

verb

• 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
• This isn’t surprising considering that offenses have de-emphasized throwing the ball downfield in favor of keeping the chains moving.
  — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The panel ultimately recommended that the Secret Service bring in outside leadership, as well as de-emphasize its role in investigating financial crimes.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Oct. 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

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025