| China's economic geography was formerly heavily shaped by a socialist ideology that downplayed agglomeration economies. |
| At others they have sought to discredit the report by suggesting it downplayed the actual extent of such connections. |
| I think it's very important, and I think it was downplayed at the beginning by the administration. |
| Even as the risks of cyberterrorism are overstated and overhyped, the risks of cybercrime are downplayed and minimized. |
| The second is that pharmacist involvement in the distributive aspects of pharmacy practice is downplayed in professional curricula. |
| He downplayed the importance of developmental constraints, of mass extinctions, and species selection. |
