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devalue

[dee-val-yoo] / diˈvæl ju /


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“What we want to do is defend against anything that would devalue the elections process,” Logan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Are some of the recent changes to the program, like expanding from three tiers of redemption to five, a way to stealthily devalue points?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

"This truth cannot be changed by attempts to rewrite history and tarnish and devalue the struggle of the people of Kosovo for freedom."

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

He cites the example of Japan and China where huge debt issuance caused monetary deflation to which their central banks responded by allowing their currencies to devalue.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

If pennies become worthless, does that devalue our thoughts to less than nothing?

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

A pack of cards made up exclusively of jokers would be useless, just as a society that devalues the individual would be inert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Holt believes the fact the CIA bankrolled Giaka devalues him as an informant.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Wars are financed by borrowing and printing money which devalues debt and fiat currency.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 16, 2026

If AI devalues knowledge, it undermines the US equity market’s advantage and its S&P 500’s 21x forward earnings.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin

But when your points are devalued, your transfer ratio can suddenly become something like 4 to 3.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

When asked to elaborate on his problems with radio hits, he said that songwriters have been devalued.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

The corporate ladder feels more like a slide to people whose roles are being devalued in today’s cooler job market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

JPMorgan Chase tightened lending to private credit funds and devalued software company loans due to AI disruption risk, reports say.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Now I’ve pulled that ace out of the hole, taken a good look, and found that it’s useless to me, devalued over time.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

What’s happening in the American League right now is so pitiful that it’s practically devaluing the entire concept of October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Tattooists say "bottomless tattoo" events are devaluing their craft, as removal specialists report growing demand from people wanting tiny tattoos erased.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

A recent survey from Resume.com showed that 41% of workers believed AI was replacing, devaluing or overlapping with parts of their jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

There’s a tidal change happening in youth culture that is tied to inaccessibility, a response to the devaluing of making art, that’s exciting to see.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

If that dramatically brings down the cost of making production-ready software, there is likely to be more software, devaluing the roles these applications play today.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026




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