Sentence examples for downgraded importance from inspiring English sources

Although the US drawdown of forces is a good move, the increasingly downgraded importance of Iraq among the US public and its leaders indicates a dangerous complacency.

At the least, news is downgraded in importance.

It seems as if in our quest for aural perfection we may have downgraded the importance of looking.

In his 2010 review, President Obama downgraded the importance of nuclear weapons, somewhat, to a "fundamental role".

While the UK says its position on Tibet and human rights is unchanged, other diplomats believe it has downgraded their importance.

He has downgraded the importance of nuclear arms, pledged to build no new weapons, and signed a new arms reduction treaty with Moscow.

The reason for the departure of Cox is variously said by industry insiders to be caused by frustration over the business being downgraded in importance or because she really does intend to stay at home more with her young children.

Moving the talks for at least the first week or so to Washington was also seen as a gesture to the Palestinians, who have complained that Israel effectively downgraded the importance of their track while pursuing more high-profile peace talks with Syria in the United States.

All have either been largely downgraded in importance or killed off entirely.

Since humans were being portrayed as relatively slow and painfully unaware of their own thought processes, human psychology was becoming downgraded in importance.

Current trends in the care of the diabetic heart have downgraded the importance of HbA1c and other classical glycemic markers.