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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.

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Examples

  • If we are right that a major factor pushing them away from religion is an aversion to what they see as the merger of religion and politics—specifically because of an emphasis on sex and family issues by evangelicals allied with the Republican Party—then they would be pulled toward religion that deemphasizes such politically resonant matters for other priorities.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • First, a focus on working directly with students breeds pragmatism and deemphasizes ideology.

    Mike O'Brien: The Next Step After Superman: Making Education's Moment a Movement Mike O'Brien 2010

  • Based on my limited knowledge of neurological differences between men and women, my guess is that the LSAT emphasizes skills where men tend to have a natural advantage, such as certain spatial tasks, and deemphasizes skills where women tend to have stronger ability, such as short-term memory.

    strategizing 2008

  • All strands of Chinese culture - Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism - deemphasizes the individual.

    Tom Doctoroff: How China Feels About America: Dangerous Love 2010

  • But what's wrong with the simplistic VAT advocacy is that it deemphasizes spending cuts.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Matt Johnston 2010

  • Based on my limited knowledge of neurological differences between men and women, my guess is that the LSAT emphasizes skills where men tend to have a natural advantage, such as certain spatial tasks, and deemphasizes skills where women tend to have stronger ability, such as short-term memory.

    disparity 2008

  • But what's wrong with the simplistic VAT advocacy is that it deemphasizes spending cuts.

    The VAT Masquerade 2010

  • Based on my limited knowledge of neurological differences between men and women, my guess is that the LSAT emphasizes skills where men tend to have a natural advantage, such as certain spatial tasks, and deemphasizes skills where women tend to have stronger ability, such as short-term memory.

    Closing the LSAT gender gap 2008

  • All strands of Chinese culture - Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism - deemphasizes the individual.

    Tom Doctoroff: How China Feels About America: Dangerous Love 2010

  • Based on my limited knowledge of neurological differences between men and women, my guess is that the LSAT emphasizes skills where men tend to have a natural advantage, such as certain spatial tasks, and deemphasizes skills where women tend to have stronger ability, such as short-term memory.

    February 2008 2008

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