How to Use marginalize in a Sentence

marginalize

verb
Definition of marginalizenext
  • In a movie centered on the marginalized, Yo-Yo is the lowest on the totem pole.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • But for the writers who've long been marginalized, the fight doesn't end with a fair contract.
    — Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 6 June 2023
  • So the lyrics of the song speak to that anxiety that marginalized folks live with every day of their life.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 June 2024
  • Asch also made Folkways a home for the expression of the marginalized.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • Some argue that the hard right needs to be marginalized, as was the case for more than a half-century after World War II.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • This is especially true for those of us who are marginalized in some way.
    — Rachel Dlugatch, Longreads, 18 July 2023
  • That's going to cause frontline workers and marginalized people to be at a lot more risk.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • More needs to be done to help a group that's been marginalized and had to endure systemic inequality for far too long.
    — Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This is an attempt to punish, shame, and marginalize women.
    — ELLE, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In the history of the mafia movie genre, female characters have been marginalized, a blurred figure in the background.
    — Manuela Santacatterina, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • His claim says the team marginalized and blackballed him, stalling a career that had been on track to land him a job as a general manager.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The sect had once ruled Yemen for centuries but was marginalized under the Sunni regime that came to power after a 1962 civil war.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The poll finds that Black adults worry they are marginalized and under threat by acts of hate and discrimination in their day-to-day lives.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • There is this idea that Palestinians would not allow themselves to be marginalized from the process of deciding the fate of their homeland.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Anyone who feels that their identity is marginalized isn’t meant to be a spokesperson for a much bigger group of people.
    — Hannah Abraham, Deadline, 15 June 2024
  • Miguel has felt the ways in which his sound has been marginalized or not given space to expand in the popular imagination.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But many of the country’s 230 million Muslims say they are being sidelined and marginalized in the world’s largest democracy.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • If people of color are not heard through the act and the process of voting, certain laws and practices stay in place and exclude and marginalize certain people.
    — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The Akron utility – in one form or another – has worked to undermine, marginalize or take over CPP for decades.
    — cleveland, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Benefits that enrich both the privileged and the marginalized.
    — Marcus Collins, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The case of the Ukrainian museum comes with a twist: Can a family name be enough to marginalize somebody who is otherwise beloved?
    — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Today’s China seeks not to marginalize competing groups and belief systems, the way Beijing did during the Mao era, but to co-opt them.
    — Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
  • But they both felt deeply marginalized by Nazi society and politics.
    — Jud Newborn, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The Biden team’s ploy to marginalize Kennedy demonstrates their desperation to avoid responding to the key elements of his platform.
    — David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • The most marginalized in society are often the most resilient out of necessity!
    — Komal Minhas, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • Scott, the House minority leader from Portsmouth, has come out for Lucas, calling her a mentor and voice for people who’ve been marginalized.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • Brought to Somalia by Arab slave traders in the 19th century, the Bantu have been marginalized and oppressed within Somalia since that time.
    — Jocelyn Ruggiero, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Spill has also emerged as a haven for Black Twitter users and marginalized communities seeking a safe space online.
    — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 9 July 2023
  • Continuing to marginalize climate change as a fringe issue puts lives, property and the entire U.S. economy at risk.
    — Mary Anna Mancuso, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
  • Our outlets deserve to have a seat at the table especially because mainstream media has historically ignored, marginalized and stereotyped Black people in their coverage.
    — William Earl, Variety, 7 July 2024

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