cheapened

Example Sentences

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As these markets have cheapened, investors may want to look at deeply discounted BDCs and closed-end junk-bond and leveraged-loan funds.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, criticized the White House’s social media channels for releasing material which he said cheapened the value of human life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Lithium batteries have cheapened at a comparable pace, and the cost of wind turbines has dropped steadily too, albeit at a slower rate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

The group felt the value of music had been cheapened by online streaming and piracy, and wanted to take "a 400-year-old Renaissance-style approach to music, offering it as a commissioned commodity".

From BBC • May 27, 2024

He despised the trivialization of higher education, the inflated grades and cheapened diplomas, the half education that so often passed as mass education in my generation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez