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marginalize

[mahr-juh-nl-ahyz] / ˈmɑr dʒə nlˌaɪz /
VERB
exclude from dominant culture
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“There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others,” a league spokesperson said last week in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

“He is worried about having people more capable than him in leadership, which explains his effort to marginalize his Army secretary,” he said.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

When the market’s directional trend is hijacked by forces that marginalize financial metrics like corporate earnings growth and profit margins, it’s more significant than merely investor sentiment souring.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Efforts to marginalize their participation do not reduce inequality of influence.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

By doing so, it would help marginalize extremists and terrorists, promote U.S. values and interests, and improve America's global image.

From The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)

There’s a wave of students who have no tolerance for speech that marginalizes.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

But the four-team model severely marginalizes really good teams that deserve better.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

It was Hoover’s first taste of the “oligopoly” at the heart of the economics profession, which channels power to a handful of institutions and marginalizes thousands of economists working outside them.

From Slate ● May 10, 2023

The group recommends a "gender-affirming" and "nonjudgmental approach that helps children feel safe in a society that too often marginalizes or stigmatizes those seen as different."

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023

National and state laws and a trend toward teaching and testing “core subjects” reshape social perceptions and create a permanent culture that continually marginalizes the arts in the curriculum.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The most marginalized and poorest may have no option but to stay behind.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Faux explained that, theoretically, yes, there are many ways that Bitcoin could serve the marginalized and oppressed: It could be used in international remittances; it could protect wealth against irresponsible governments.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

“When safe cycling infrastructure goes in, then you see a lot more women, a lot more marginalized communities, also children, elderly people, people with disabilities,” Roach said.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

“If that bothers you, don’t hesitate to mute or block me. I don’t have the capacity or patience to debate with internet strangers as to why they should be considerate of marginalized communities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The black people around me were strong and determined but marginalized and excluded.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

After coming to power in 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini promised to “preserve” the bazaar and blamed the deposed shah of Iran for marginalizing the traditional market, parts of which are some 2,000 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Critics worry that cities will lean into criminalizing and further marginalizing unhoused people, worsening the crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024

"We've marginalized these habitats so much already. And we're marginalizing them further by loving them to death," Fraga said.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023

And his supporters say portraying all Russian citizens as aggressors merely helps to perpetuate Mr. Putin’s rule by marginalizing his opponents.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

It was a small-minded and ludicrous insult, sure, but his mocking of my intellect, his marginalizing of my young self, carried with it a larger dismissiveness.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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