downplay

Example Sentences

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Relations improved after Prime Minister Mark Carney took office last year, culminating with an India visit this month to sign a string of trade deals, and as Canadian authorities downplayed their previous threat assessment.

From Barron's

A decade on from those school presentations, Rachel Roland, a mother of two, also contacted BBC Your Voice to express concern that certain aspects of student loan repayments continue to be downplayed.

From BBC

“When the PPI surged in January, it could be downplayed as a one-off, turn-of-the-year blip. The further surge in wholesale prices in February is a sign of trouble.”

From Barron's

The report also found that concerns were raised by the infection control team but these "were consistently downplayed, and there remain individuals who continue to minimise infection prevention risks."

From BBC

Powell downplayed the fears about the jobs market posed by February’s slower-than-expected payroll numbers, saying that strikes and bad weather had artificially lowered that month’s jobs figures by a hefty 80,000.

From MarketWatch