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- verb Alternative form of
de-emphasize .
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Examples
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SAN MIGUEL: The idea, though, that that -- you know, we would be -- if the idea is to kind of deemphasize the military aspects of the war in Afghanistan and focus on those nation-building activities, as you called them, we would be actually going after in some of -- in some instances the warlords that were actually helping, that were part of the Northern Alliance, that were helping the U.S. during the war.
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Breyer concluded that the Court means neither to "deemphasize" the machine-or-transformation test's usefulness nor to suggest that many patentable processes lie beyond its reach.
Angry Bear 2010
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It is time to deemphasize the role of standardized test scores in NCLB.
Gloria Bonilla Santiago: No Child Left Behind: Not Too Late to Fix Gloria Bonilla Santiago 2012
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Similarly, for much of my career, I wore my hair in a shorter hair - style, in a misguided effort to deemphasize my feminine traits.
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Eventually, I realized the futility of my efforts to deemphasize my gender.
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To make something explicit, part of the problem with the old rule is that not only did it deemphasize externalities, but it also required measuring internal benefits in terms of aggregate time saved.
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Eventually, I realized the futility of my efforts to deemphasize my gender.
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Still more deemphasize disruptive innovation in the name of increased standardization.
Inder Sidhu: ATM 2.0: What the Cash Machine's Second Act Can Teach Business Leaders Inder Sidhu 2011
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Hmmm, Menu Eclipse is nice to deemphasize the Menu Bar, but it doesn't allow you to recover the space.
Hide You Mac Menu Bar And Dock For A Cleaner Desktop | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Still more deemphasize disruptive innovation in the name of increased standardization.
Inder Sidhu: ATM 2.0: What the Cash Machine's Second Act Can Teach Business Leaders Inder Sidhu 2011
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