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Example sentences for: de-emphasize

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The United States should de-emphasize engagement with Asia and turn back toward Europe.
In order to accommodate them, the women's movement should de-emphasize specific political causes--abortion, rape, homosexual rights--because they're "issues that may or may not include [some women], rather than a theory of self-worth that applies to every woman's life."
Early versions, they say, reward left-wing pedagogical approaches like "new math," which, they say, wrongly de-emphasize old-fashioned computation.
Walker thought the goal of this recommendation was to de-emphasize fine-grained, developmental work and to emphasize pursuing work using available interventions.