marginalize
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“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
“The heart and mission of the CSU is to create an inclusive and welcoming place for everyone we serve, not to marginalize one community over another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
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.)
But the four-team model severely marginalizes really good teams that deserve better.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
The summit is a “missed opportunity” and marginalizes communities and workers that are most affected by AI, more than 100 civil society groups and experts said in an open letter to Sunak.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 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
Most importantly perhaps, how can I incorporate music into a curriculum that marginalizes the arts?
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The project was a visual representation of how everyday people — often marginalized individuals — navigate transit in a sprawling suburban area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
This is a question that Black and brown Americans, and members of other marginalized groups, have been asking themselves for centuries.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
“SPLC remains committed to exposing extremism, equipping the public with knowledge and defending the rights and safety of marginalized communities,” a spokesman for the organization said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Fox also had his own spreadsheet, built around a Control-F search for terms like tribal, immigrants, diversity, inclusion, Indigenous, Native, equity, equality, marginalized, BIPOC, solidarity, citizenship, melting pot, social justice, and gay.
From Slate ● May 14, 2026
We told Dr. Xuma that the ANC was in danger of becoming marginalized unless it stirred itself and took up new methods.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
I went because the idea of further marginalizing our unhoused neighbors is immoral and detrimental to our communities.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
The switch has reordered the auto industry, making Tesla the best-selling brand and marginalizing established carmakers like Renault and Fiat.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
"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
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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