demote

Ahead of the first-round vote earlier this month, Bolsonaro fiercely denied a rumor that he planned to demote Brazil's beloved patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, if elected.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Pentagon has since tried in vain to demote his military rank and a grand jury have declined to charge him with seditious conspiracy.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Kelly filed a lawsuit in January that accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of violating his First Amendment rights by moving to formally censure him and demote him over the video.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

Newby also could promote or demote judges on lower courts, deciding who served as their chiefs and held prestigious committee posts.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

I step forward, realizing Director Van Helsing may have done me a favor when he decided to demote me.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

The chart formula automatically demotes songs that have had three consecutive weeks of declining streaming figures, when compared with the rest of the market.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

Philosopher Umberto Eco, for example, demotes joking that fails to critique power structures to the status of mere "carnival."

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2021

Facebook said it also demotes content from news publishers that users rate as untrusted in surveys and content posted by pages or accounts that repeatedly violate its rules.

From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2021

Of course, as soon as Coleman demotes him we know his resentment will boil over.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2016

“When an employer demotes an employee out of a desire to prevent the employee from engaging in political activity that the First Amendment protects, the employee is entitled to challenge that unlawful action.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2016

Parachute money could ease those concerns, although there are no guarantees that the club would be entitled to those payments if they are demoted.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Two veteran FBI counterterrorism officials were demoted after investigators determined allegedly harassing calls to a top White House aide’s wife did not warrant further investigation, according to multiple reports.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Like so many since, he was crushed by Max Verstappen, and demoted back to the second team after half a season.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The senior pilot assigned the Sunday shift was demoted to patrol duty by Nanos days earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Since then, Ulbrickson had tried everything—he’d scolded Joe, he’d encouraged him, he’d demoted him, he’d repromoted him.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Achilles tears are known throughout the NBA as injuries that turn players into shadows of their former selves, demoting an All-Star into a role player and a role player into a retiree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

The European Commission said Google is demoting media publishers' websites and content in search results when they include content from commercial partners, such as sponsored editorial pieces.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

In its 2017 judgement, the European Commission found that Google had illegally promoted its own comparison shopping service in search results, whilst demoting those of competitors.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

Editors subsequently took away his column, demoting him to reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

He regarded this as a slight, that I was in effect demoting him, and he refused, choosing instead to run for the presidency himself.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela