RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To present something as less important or serious than it may be.

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downplay

The summary should not downplay the uncertainty in the supporting evidence.
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Priya also refused to downplay the photographer's concern by calling the difference between images merely cosmetic.
From Responses to a Shared Mistake.
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