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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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try
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Also on hand is Becker, still a lieutenant and still trying to downplay his friendship with Rockford.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Grandma downplays the seriousness of her health problems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, in focusing on two-year institutions, I do not mean to downplay the role of four-year colleges and universities.
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On the other hand, by downplaying her own commitment to gay rights, she seemed to be validating the political closet.
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Such stereotypic thinking forces even black stations to downplay their blackness in order to compete for the advertising dollars.