underplay
Example Sentences
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Friday’s underplay — the first of two instant sell-outs at the Fonda — came as McCartney is drumming up interest in a new studio album he’ll release in May.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
By endeavoring to tell the entire history of art, as far as their collections allow, they sometimes underplay a concentration within their holdings that makes them distinctive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
"You cannot underplay the enormity of this giant-killing."
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
In other cases, descriptions of shipments can be intentionally vague or underplay the total volume of goods being sent.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023
“In low-power distance index countries,” Hofstede wrote in his classic text Culture’s Consequences: power is something of which power holders are almost ashamed and they will try to underplay.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
