"She will likely downplay the problem," said anothermom, "and push away any help.
He and other developed nation negotiators are likely downplaying the bridge funding the fast-start dollars represent and focusing on drafting a new treaty that will codify the hundreds of billions promised annually beginning in 2020.
When the proposed solution called for looser versus tighter gun-control laws, those with more liberal gun-control ideologies were more likely to downplay the frequency of violent home break-ins.
Each airport likes to downplay the rivalry.
But I think we are more likely to deny or downplay the true extent of fragility: It's scary to realize how delicate and vulnerable your body is, or the threads that bind you to others—so easily frayed by a single word or the balance of climate and ecology on our planet.
Obviously, a publisher owning a stake in companies which will be covered within its publication is bound to raise eyebrows, which is likely why Axel Springer is downplaying the size of the stake, and bringing up its other similar financial arrangements.
State television avoided direct reference to the presence of the diplomatic mission, mentioning only the street address, an apparent effort to downplay the likely target of the attack.
The loss of Tillerson, combined with Cotton's elevation, would mean that Pompeo and Cotton could face little resistance in their campaign to unravel a nuclear accord that is working and downplay the likely alternative ― war.
We can say that America is in the lowest place we can remember, but it likely requires us to forget or downplay events in our own lifetimes, from the Jim Crow era to the September 11 attacks.
However, this estimate is likely to be overly optimistic and may downplay the realistic result of accelerator throughput degradation in actual implementation.
Hyde is concerned that downplaying the challenges young women are likely to face will make them more vulnerable to those challenges.
