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give little weight to
verb as in downplay
Example Sentences
The report confirms that more students are questioning the need for four-year degrees amid a rise in “useless” majors and hiring practices that give little weight to them, said Barry Keating, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame.
López appeared to give little weight to the fact that Facon has received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in prison, which prosecutors said greatly reduces his risk of becoming severely ill with covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Prosecutors urged the judge, Alison Nathan, to give little weight to the involvement of Maxwell’s husband in seeking her release from jail given that he refused to come forward at the time of her arrest.
In it, they asked that the coroner give little weight to his statement, citing medical reasons why she should do so.
You give little weight to the cost to the adulterous father of the revelation, evidently because he was in the wrong.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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