Sentence examples for has been de-emphasized from inspiring English sources

Scoring has been simplified to create faster matches, and competition has been de-emphasized for younger players.

Since the cold war, the Mediterranean has been de-emphasized to a degree, but the Persian Gulf area has become only more important.

Book publishing has always been a mix of high and low (even Godoff, known for her literary sophistication, edited "Power Living by Jake"), but the business side of the industry has been de-emphasized.

But that whole subject -- so dominant at the United Nations and in world capitals in the days and weeks before the war began -- has been de-emphasized by American officials in more recent days.

While the company has long said that it was not distancing itself from Martha Stewart (the person, not the brand), it is nevertheless true that she has been de-emphasized.

"Many people feel that the role of private capital in infrastructure has been de-emphasized too much and that more balance should be restored to the equation," Mr. Orski said.

Originally it included perennial borders, bulbs and numerous topiaries too ambitious for an Irish coachmaker like Deane, so the flowers have been de-emphasized.

War has engendered a monastic approach to existence in Eritrea, where people have raised deprivation and absolute self-reliance to the status of religion, even as both Orthodox Christianity and Islam have been de-emphasized.

The Israeli educational system, meanwhile, is undergoing a "dejudaizing" process in which the experience of the Jewish people, and their connection with the land of Israel, have been de-emphasized by a curriculum promoting universal values and history.

That focus had been de-emphasized in the wake of the 1968 demonstrations at the college, when students seized Columbia buildings and were attacked by the police, a debacle that adversely affected the school's reputation for at least a decade.

And you should encourage your friends to leave, too.' " Mayor Plate said that sports had been de-emphasized in the wake of the basement assaults, but Ms. Kulik said that even a mediocre football season overshadowed Glen Ridge's championship girls' soccer team.