cheapen

Example Sentences

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That didn’t bother the Heat, nor did it cheapen the achievement for Adebayo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The Japanese government doesn’t want its currency to cheapen dramatically; that makes it more expensive for Japanese citizens to buy what they need.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

The question that vexed me as I left La Jolla Playhouse, where “Working Girl” is receiving its world premiere, is why must musicals so often cheapen their source material?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

But the bad vibes of “Artificial Angels” persist, not just because the name does what it can to cheapen Grimes’ 2015 masterwork “Art Angels,” which sees its tenth anniversary hit this very month.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can ever quite cheapen.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan