How to Use marginalize in a Sentence
marginalize
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In a movie centered on the marginalized, Yo-Yo is the lowest on the totem pole.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
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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
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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
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Asch also made Folkways a home for the expression of the marginalized.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
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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
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This is especially true for those of us who are marginalized in some way.
—Rachel Dlugatch, Longreads, 18 July 2023
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That's going to cause frontline workers and marginalized people to be at a lot more risk.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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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
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This is an attempt to punish, shame, and marginalize women.
—ELLE, 22 Apr. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Akron utility – in one form or another – has worked to undermine, marginalize or take over CPP for decades.
—cleveland, 25 Aug. 2021
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Benefits that enrich both the privileged and the marginalized.
—Marcus Collins, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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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
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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
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But they both felt deeply marginalized by Nazi society and politics.
—Jud Newborn, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
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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
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The most marginalized in society are often the most resilient out of necessity!
—Komal Minhas, Fortune, 10 May 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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