underplays

verb

present tense third-person singular of underplay
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as in understates

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  1. understates
  2. enacts
  3. downplays
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  • Because accommodations are billed separately, the advertised figure understates the full cost of the stay.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Geography alone, though, understates the league’s binational character.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of understates
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  • The legislation enacts new work requirements and greater vetting for Medicaid, the low-income program that thousands of Alaskans depend on for healthcare.
    — Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The rest of the network enacts the decision, as other genes are activated or suppressed farther downstream, but isn’t active in it.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of enacts
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  • One of the proposal's drafters, Darien Shanske, a law professor at UC Davis, downplays reports of wealthy Californians relocating in anticipation of the measure.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Oeffling humbly downplays the appeal of his music, which has a familiar, early 2000s aesthetic that sounds indebted to the spirit of Yo La Tengo and Broken Social Scene, as well as contemporaries like Alex G.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of downplays
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