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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

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

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

Mallory comes across the Reddit advice to “Go gay, go sad, go dark” when trying to write a bestseller, and it’s a great example of the trendification of trauma and marginalized identities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

By doing so, they created a program called “Celebrating Diversity Through the Arts” geared toward teaching tolerance to kids who have been marginalized by society and don’t feel like they fit in.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

West was increasingly uncomfortable with dynamics that seemed to be marginalizing his presence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

"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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