de-emphasis

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Noun
  • But the transportation secretary on Sunday also repeatedly echoed Trump and his top allies' criticism of DEI efforts in the immediate aftermath of the DC-area collision.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The reality smash hit has come in for a lot of criticism of late, with season seven particularly causing a great deal of passionate debate online.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Beijing government has promised retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Chinese exports after a raft of new trade measures also drew sharp condemnation from Mexico and Canada.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.
    Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, at the Poston camp in Arizona, Ted Haas actively resisted, leading the staff in a denunciation of the fence that halted its construction.
    Eric Muller, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Some causes included an end to the Vietnam War; nuclear disarmament; women’s equality; pro-life movement; gay/lesbian rights; freedom for Soviet Jews; fighting against AIDS; the MeToo movement; and support for Israel/denunciation of antisemitism.
    Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The censure hasn’t stopped Turner from seeking the mayoral post.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The day after the fighter’s death, Trump dismissed the censure.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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“De-emphasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de-emphasis. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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