play down
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, Durant played down that controversy, but also the game itself.
From Barron's
Black bar owners were early adopters and patrons called it the jukebox, the music machine playing down at the “juke joint.”
Last month, a Goldman spokesman played down the gifts, saying: "It's well known that Epstein often offered unsolicited favours and gifts to his many business contacts."
From BBC
Shares in AppLovin slid 20% even after the advertising software company sought to play down AI worries as it released earnings.
Top leaders at major banks and investment firms are seeking to calm anxieties about AI’s potential to render software businesses obsolete—and playing down their own exposures to the sector.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
