Deemphasize

SAN MIGUEL: The idea, though, that that -- you know, we would be -- if the idea is to kind of deemphasize the military aspects of the war in Afghanistan and focus on those nation-building activities, as you called them, we would be actually going after in some of -- in some instances the warlords that were actually helping, that were part of the Northern Alliance, that were helping the U.S. during the war. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Breyer concluded that the Court means neither to "deemphasize" the machine-or-transformation test's usefulness nor to suggest that many patentable processes lie beyond its reach. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is time to deemphasize the role of standardized test scores in NCLB. ❋ Gloria Bonilla Santiago (2012)

Eventually, I realized the futility of my efforts to deemphasize my gender. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Similarly, for much of my career, I wore my hair in a shorter hair - style, in a misguided effort to deemphasize my feminine traits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To make something explicit, part of the problem with the old rule is that not only did it deemphasize externalities, but it also required measuring internal benefits in terms of aggregate time saved. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Still more deemphasize disruptive innovation in the name of increased standardization. ❋ Inder Sidhu (2011)

Hmmm, Menu Eclipse is nice to deemphasize the Menu Bar, but it doesn't allow you to recover the space. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Gannett paper, whose circulation has dropped from 2.3 million to 1.8 million in recent years, plans to deemphasize its print edition and no longer employ separate managing editors for its News, Money, Sports and Life sections. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Malda said that Digg must move to deemphasize that vocal minority in the overall voting. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The guidelines will deemphasize the concern about a Russian invasion from the north, instead calling for mobile units that could move quickly to any spot where there's a threat, particularly in the event of a North Korean attack or a naval clash with China around the southern Nansei Islands. ❋ Chico Harlan (2010)