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marginalize

[mahr-juh-nl-ahyz] / ˈmɑr dʒə nlˌaɪz /
VERB
exclude from dominant culture
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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

In fact, the former employee says, DOE higher-ups seemed to marginalize both the Office of Science and Berhe.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 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.)

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

What may be arguably new is treating the audiences for historically marginalized forms of art as central rather than peripheral.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“So that’s of course why they’re connecting it to DEI because it is a good thing for marginalized people.”

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

Hundreds of articles flooded the screen about people who were marginalized: immigrants, refugees, people living in poverty.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

“The feedback that I’m getting is not so much about him, which I love, nobody is saying his name, nobody cares about him, it’s this idea that we need to stop marginalizing people,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

However, the lawsuit alleges that “behind closed doors, other officers have belittled Detective Bouldin, challenging her loyalty to the department and marginalizing her for her active role in the community.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 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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