trivialize

Example Sentences

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I don’t think that is a huge movement — to trivialize — as much as to say, “Hey, we should actually fight it where it is, fight it where the problems are.”

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

"It saddens us that someone with his reach and status would seem to trivialize the incident that led to such an outcome and heap further pain and suffering upon the family and friends of Anthony."

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

And while its intensity and dedication is easy to dismiss or trivialize, its rise has reshaped how we view — and, by extension, the power of — a TV genre that’s typically not taken seriously.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023

“We don’t want to trivialize what he said but we did have to acknowledge that he had made strides to better himself.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and to trivialize the nature of intimate life—a family’s ‘language.’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez