Examples of downplay in a Sentence
Athletes often downplay their injuries.
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
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Beginning in the 1960s, American food companies—some of which have been run by tobacco companies—engaged in nefarious corporate practices to create addictive products like sugary drinks, heavily market those products to the American public, and aggressively downplay their health harms.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Training rather than bravery In several interviews over the years, McCarthy has downplayed the notion that bravery had much to do with his actions.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Yet far from trying to downplay the aggressive tactics, the White House and immigration officials have celebrated them by trying to turn images of enforcement into deportation memes.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The fire, which affected one of the two nuclear reactors in the Cumberland area of northwestern England, released radioactive material into the environment, but the disaster was downplayed by the British government.
—Christopher Rd, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Training rather than bravery In several interviews over the years, McCarthy has downplayed the notion that bravery had much to do with his actions.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Yet far from trying to downplay the aggressive tactics, the White House and immigration officials have celebrated them by trying to turn images of enforcement into deportation memes.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The fire, which affected one of the two nuclear reactors in the Cumberland area of northwestern England, released radioactive material into the environment, but the disaster was downplayed by the British government.
—Christopher Rd, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Downplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downplay. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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