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de-emphasize

[dee-em-fuh-sahyz] / diˈɛm fəˌsaɪz /
VERB
place less emphasis
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Her refusal to de-emphasize her Tennessee accent or downplay her assets endeared her to a wide audience, along with her unsinkable pride in her country roots.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Lockheed stock was flat over that span, with investors worried that militaries would de-emphasize their manned fighter jets in favor of lower-cost autonomous systems.

From Barron's Feb. 28, 2026

“When you de-emphasize that, then you just call up your friends as you were doing before,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

McLennan explained that the fund will, at times, de-emphasize gold and load up more on stocks.

From MarketWatch Jan. 27, 2026

Some intellectual revolution must come which will de-emphasize business and industry and re-emphasize most other ways of self-expression.

From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker

Leagues were de-emphasized in favor of open bowling, parties and corporate events.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

She noted that she worried the number of female CEO appointments could slip if companies de-emphasized such pathways.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

For years, schools taught reading using approaches that de-emphasized phonics and encouraged strategies such as guessing words based on context clues.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

“Deliveries—and fundamentals broadly—have been de-emphasized in our recent conversations with investors,” wrote Kallo.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

In almost all cases, the tests measure strictly math and reading skills, so even science and history have been de-emphasized.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

European defense stocks have weakened of late, partly in response to suggestions of a more lasting cease-fire, but Morgan Stanley recommended caution about de-emphasizing defense plays.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

It’s been bigger than FedEx and UPS since 2023, with UPS and FedEx de-emphasizing business-to-consumer volumes in favor of higher margin business-to-business shipments.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

No. 1 seed Arizona reached the Final Four with a 79-64 victory over No. 2 Purdue, validating its strategy of de-emphasizing 3-pointers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

It is “very concerning that we’re de-emphasizing covid, which we may live to regret,” Poland said.

From Salon May 6, 2025

In 1876, elected President of Bowdoin College, where he attempts to modernize the school, introducing courses in science, de-emphasizing religion, and becomes involved in student demonstrations over the question of ROTC.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara



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