Sentence examples for downplay the effect from inspiring English sources
Other estimates downplay the effect of attrition.
The immigration minister, Scott Morrison, has continued to emphasise the government's regional work in combating people smuggling while attempting to downplay the effect of diplomatic tensions with Indonesia.
Officials also sought to downplay the effect of their decision to remove the loan default metric, arguing that schools will be required to disclose their past students' loan default rates to prospective students.
While the social media giant's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has apologized for the data sharing and promised to improve the way it communicates with users about their data, Cambridge Analytica has attempted to downplay the effect its tools had on the election.
Churchill was caught in a difficult position; he knew that maintaining civilian morale was key to winning the war, but it would be obvious if the government tried to downplay the effects of the bombing.
The 2011 review said that while it "does not seek to downplay the effects young offenders have on the community," putting young people in detention "is not a medium to long term solution to reducing crime".
While it would be cruel to downplay the effects of episodes such as these on a person's life, professionals are often reluctant to intervene, at least early on: it is natural to experience difficult emotions in those contexts and to pathologise these feelings is unhelpful.
The White House has been trying to downplay the effects of the unprecedented immigration ban amid global outcry.
People--those who either deny the climate science or try to downplay the effects it's having--say a few degrees of warming aren't going to make much difference.
