Verb (used with object), : The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.    From Dictionary.com. 

They de-emphasise prevention and profile highly, treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPEECH DELIVERED BY NKOSINATHI NHLEKO - ANC CHIEF WHIP - DURING THE DEBATE ON THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS] Reference

Unsurprisingly, elites tended to de-emphasise this part in later history….    From Wordnik.com.  [Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Blogging the Analects 1] Reference

Despite this, in recent years Williams has tended to de-emphasise the importance of challenging injustice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The best path to peace | Savitri Hensman] Reference

Eastern religions de-emphasise the importance of history and material reality considering them illusions to escape.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Livingstone’s Vision Revisited: Christianity, Commerce and Civilization in the 21st Century] Reference

The letter detailed 1995 World Health Organisation (WHO) figures in an apparent attempt to de-emphasise the HIV/Aids crisis in the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"All he said was that we must look at the picture in totality, he did not say we must de-emphasise something and shift funds from something else," she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The paper also reflected an unwillingness to dispense entirely with the military option, however, proposing that the United States “de-emphasise, but not forswear, the possibility of military action against Iran.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [14 « June « 2008 « Niqnaq] Reference

The PLO will most likely gain much from Abbas 'decision, as the Palestinian leader will likely de-emphasise the status of the president of the Palestinian Authority, while raising the profile of his position as the chairman of the PLO's executive committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of the Oslo Phased] Reference

Will Intel and AMD de-emphasise their Extreme CPUs because of this crisis?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inquirer] Reference

Nigeria must de-emphasise transactional leadership and embrace transformational leaders if the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

This more relevant CPI basket will de-emphasise the vulnerability to fluctuations in food prices.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

Australian immigration policy must de-emphasise border protection in favour of being a 'good international citizen'.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The Ministry of Education has tried several times to de-emphasise rote learning and the importance of examination results.    From Wordnik.com.  [nst online] Reference

Mr Cherkasky proceeded to de-emphasise the insurance business and boost other divisions, such as Mercer Consulting and Kroll.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary]

But as our correspondent reports from Group (IMG) has urged Nigerians, and the international community to de-emphasise attention on the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

That's assuming that the "co-branding" into which the Wikipedia content is wrapped doesn't de-emphasise the editorial rights of the reader.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Register] Reference

The effort to de-emphasise divergence between the two neighbours was also evident from Menon's reply to a question about the boundary dispute.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

It strikes me that in the medium to long term a partial solution to the URL problem might be to de-emphasise the URL by hiding it away from the user completely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sore Eyes] Reference

The authorities should also de-emphasise our dependence on imports which keep non Nigerians in employment and begin to develop and deepen our productive capacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

"When Cisco started selling servers, it was pretty clear HP had started to de-emphasise Cisco's networking equipment," said analyst Steve Schuchart of Current Analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Techworld.com News] Reference

Last month the New York Times reported that Barack Obama intends to de-emphasise the promotion of democracy in Pakistan and intensify the use of drones along the Afghan border.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Not for nothing did Reza Shah choose to rebrand Persia as Iran in 1935, emphasising its Aryan nature (Iran and Aryan are related words); equally Arabistan was renamed to de-emphasise its Arab nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAYonline] Reference

The National Statistics Bureau releases output data for the first two months of the year in March, instead of monthly as usual, to de-emphasise distortions caused by the week-long Lunar New Year break.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

According to the paper, it was clear that he was keen to de-emphasise the role of the UN and felt that the issue of Kashmir should rather be dealt with bilaterally, a position India has long preferred and advocated.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

"It is essential that the new Constitution will end longstanding" winner take all "approach in Kenyan politics ... and will thus serve to de-emphasise the importance of ethnic electoral alliances," said the US envoy.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

Lagos - A Trustee of the Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental Organisations (NNNGO), Ms. Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, has called on Nigerian youth to de-emphasise undue reliance on governments and the private sector, and to promote self-development through the use of ICT.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

Slide 171: STANFORD - EPSO 98 GLOBALISATION Global Organisation Loosely Coupled  Organisations must therefore choose to be: Organisation  loosely-coupled within organisational boundaries (and de-emphasise importance of alliances, etc.) or  loosely-coupled across organisational boundaries (and more centralised within organisational boundaries).    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

But often I don’t want to eliminate it entirely; I merely want to de-emphasise it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday, January 6, 2008 | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

1995 World Health Organisation (WHO) figures in an apparent attempt to de-emphasise the HIV/Aids crisis in the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"We (the SCM) take issue with the suggestion in Business Day that this initiative is extended to de-emphasise the impact of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"apparently" intended to de-emphasise the HIV-Aids crisis in the country in the light of 1995 death statistics Mbeki extracted from the internet.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

My answer isn’t to de-emphasise ideas but to get them right this time- and I find that right now other ideologies conduct he genuine ideas of individualism with less resistance than does libertarianism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women and the Invisible Fist] Reference