Meanings of downplay concerns in English

Facebook also sought to downplay concerns about its games business, concerns driven by the travails of its partner Zynga.

I was particularly struck by a quote Fred used, again and again, to downplay concerns about his wife's poor health.

Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett was last week forced to downplay concerns over his star forward, with four years still to run on his contract.

The companies also downplayed concerns that the deal wouldn't pass antitrust scrutiny.

In his House testimony, Powell, when asked, downplayed concerns about a curve inversion.

She downplayed concerns about McConnell's vaunted fund-raising ability and name recognition.

Muilenburg downplayed concerns of a backlash from China, which has ordered thousands of jets.

He downplayed concerns the Kyrgyz government might renegotiate other contracts.

Vindman downplayed concerns that he would suffer payback for speaking out when he testified to Congress.

Powell also downplayed concerns about a curve inversion.

Papua New Guinea's Immigration Minister has downplayed concerns of looming security or humanitarian crises on Manus Island.

But senior U.S. diplomats rejected the recommendation, downplaying concerns about human rights in a strategically important country.

Blood-testing company Theranos downplayed concerns of a whistleblower until The Wall Street Journal reported last year that its tests were flawed.

A security source downplayed concerns that the militants were capable of spreading the kind of sectarian violence that has torn apart Iraq.

Olsavsky also downplayed concerns about a slowdown in growth for one of the company's profit centers, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

He also downplayed concerns about potential political instability in the region, in part because host countries will have stakes in the plants themselves.