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Six example sentences with minimise, each labelled with its topic.
The spokesman tried to minimise the leak, calling it a routine filing error while three committees announced hearings.
Politics
The quarterly letter minimised the recall, giving it two lines near the end after four pages about new stores.
Business
Patients often minimise their own symptoms in front of family, describing months of trouble as a bad week or two.
Psychology
The defence tried to minimise the damage, describing a wrecked storefront as some scuffed paint and a cracked pane.
Law
On the earnings call the chief executive minimised the loss, calling a forty percent drop a modest seasonal adjustment.
Finance
The general's memoir minimises his role in the retreat, giving the decision two lines and the weather an entire chapter.
History
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