emphasizing

Example Sentences

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But deemphasizing criminalization would be a good starting point.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2025

Some avenues for reaching people have undoubtedly closed because the social media site has been deemphasizing news and political content, Bauer said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The unexpected eliminations produced a familiar debate: Has Major League Baseball gone too far in deemphasizing the 162-game regular season?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

With more than 30 co-authors, it advocated “a new paradigm for medical practice,” deemphasizing intuitional and clinical experience in favor of the latest research data.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2020

The farmers most knowledgeable about eastern U.S. domesticates, the region’s Native Americans themselves, passed judgment on them by discarding or deemphasizing them when the Mexican trinity arrived.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond