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Athletes often downplay their injuries.
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
Recent Examples of downplay from the Web
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Facebook initially had sought to downplay the problem, saying in March only that 270,000 people had responded to a survey on an app created by the researcher in 2014.
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Facebook initially had sought to downplay the problem, saying in March only that 270,000 people had responded to a survey on an app created by the researcher in 2014.
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Its weakness is a management team that seems keen to downplay the severity of what has just happened.
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In an era when hot songs can break on SoundCloud just as quickly as on conventional radio, the importance of a traditional label deal might seem easy to downplay.
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The firm was paid nearly $6 million, including more from political action committees, but the Trump campaign has attempted to downplay its role.
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So the temptation might be to downplay the need when the Jayhawks would be a solid favorite with or without him.
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Republicans accuse Baldwin of shape-shifting to downplay her liberal bent.
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Some administration officials sought to downplay that risk.
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First Known Use of downplay
1954
DOWNPLAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of downplay for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) seem smaller or less important
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