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
  • When implemented in sports, kaizen de-emphasizes the game’s outcome.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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