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  • verb Present participle of minimalise.

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  • He handled innumerable situations with tact, writing repeatedly to the leaders involved, smoothing away misunderstandings, emphasising goodwill, minimalising petty conduct, praising, extolling and suggesting.

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  • The progress in the last few centuries is important and real- and I think forgetting or minimalising this success only helps those who want to portray what we have of an open society as worthless and dispensible.

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  • This requires a lot more prudence in minimalising collateral damage.

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  • This requires a lot more prudence in minimalising collateral damage.

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  • We have started to talk about minimalising a little.

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  • We have started to talk about minimalising a little.

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  • He handled innumerable situations with tact, writing repeatedly to the leaders involved, smoothing away misunderstandings, emphasising goodwill, minimalising petty conduct, praising, extolling and suggesting.

    Professor Strange admin 2010

  • Using audio, film and animation can contribute to the reader experience, good design and optional use are the key words instead of minimalising the use of multi media.

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  • Car parks, though filled to the very brim on the day, were located at the core of the tidy residential area, minimalising those wonderful luggage-hauling hangover moments.

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  • "It appears the State is in the process of minimalising the financial impact on revenue by attempting to pre-empt and stall any class action or individual attempts to set legal precedence," Mr Riley said.

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