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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

We are easier to marginalize and to pacify if we fold ourselves into such tiny boxes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 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

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

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“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

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

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 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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