Downplays in a sentence

Buffett downplays net results because they are volatile and affected by accounting rules.

China braces for second Covid wave as state media downplays infectionsyoutube.

If Miyamoto downplays the creator’s unique role in creative success, Meledandri backs away from it a bit.

Mark Biondich, a Canadian historian who has studied Croatian fascism and nationalism, says parts of the Croat diaspora have cultivated a memory of World War II that downplays the atrocities committed by the Ustasha.

Officials in Kyiv are pounding their fists over leaked U.S. intelligence that downplays Ukraine’s ability to recapture seized territory from Russia this spring.

And you can’t help but think he has latched onto it because it downplays more nebulous, more personal political gifts, such as likability, courage and charisma — in which, to review, Mr. Cruz lacks a natural advantage.

A regular visitor to Yasukuni, Takaichi is known as a revisionist who downplays Japan’s wartime atrocities, and has called for a tougher stance on China.

Rep. Fentrice Driskell, Florida's Democratic House minority leader, thinks the ideological motive behind restricting DEI is intertwined with an economic agenda that downplays the role of identity in exacerbating inequality.

A "horrifying" glitch in Iowa's coronavirus metrics: An Iowa nurse practitioner discovered the problem, which lowers the number of coronavirus cases in Iowa and downplays the toll of the pandemic in the state.

Atlas advocates openly for opening the economy, and downplays the importance of widespread testing and mask-wearing.

Sharon downplays the idea that it’s fate, but Adam feels like it’s a sign.

Alcohol, however, continues to thrive as society consistently downplays its negative health effects.

It also downplays marriage and abstinence.

Lux downplays the expectations that have accompanied him for three years.

When asked about technique, Muller downplays it in his humble fashion.

The President downplays the concerns by pretending that the concerns relate only to multi-multi-millionaires.

The report added that certain academics have welcomed the proposed changes to the history subject in South Africa, as they say the current syllabus downplays aspects like slavery and racism.

Foxe downplays Chaucer's bawdy and amorous writing, insisting that it all testifies to his piety.

However, the hypothesis does not state that dreams are meaningless, it just downplays the role that emotional factors play in determining dreams.

It focuses on the colonial era before 1947 and typically emphasizes caste and downplays class, to the annoyance of the Marxist school.