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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.)

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

But, Botha says, “Civility is only possible when there is an equal playing field,” which can’t exist, they say, as long as the field marginalizes autistic people.

From Science Magazine Feb. 6, 2023

He has lamented how today’s “throwaway culture” wrongly marginalizes disabled people.

From Seattle Times Jan. 28, 2023

Most importantly, perhaps, how can I incorporate music into a curriculum that marginalizes the arts?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

Speaking of Washington, there are multiple sections of the book devoted to the plight of the enslaved, the marginalized and the indigenous.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

There are also concerns that social media can form an important part of the lives of marginalized young people in particular.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

As legal scholar John A. Powell once commented, only half in jest, “It’s actually better to be exploited than marginalized, in some respects, because if you’re exploited presumably you’re still needed.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Men worthy of the word don’t depend for their self-esteem on the crushing and marginalizing of Others.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

I went because the idea of further marginalizing our unhoused neighbors is immoral and detrimental to our communities.

From Seattle Times Apr. 22, 2024

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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