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devalue

[dee-val-yoo] / diˈvæl ju /


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Schools can institute an ‘adjusted GPA’ to devalue A’s when they are too numerous.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

The company might choose to devalue points, raise fees or make it difficult to leave the program.

From MarketWatch Dec. 16, 2025

“The government would like to increase competitiveness rather than devalue the currency.”

From Barron's Oct. 28, 2025

When France needed to devalue its currency, for example, they told the IMF in advance.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

"When it is so easy to create simple apps, like a habit tracker or a quiz, it devalues them," Goldberg says.

From BBC Mar. 23, 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

The rest of the weight loss-market has tried to capitalize on this criticism through a marketing approach that devalues GLP-1 medications.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2025

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Vaknin, Samuel

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

By allowing its primary cinematic output to be devalued, Pixar sold off its imagination and lowered its artistic standards — a mistake the studio is still struggling to come back from.

From Salon Jun. 6, 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

To cover its budget deficits, the regime in Tehran has devalued its currency.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 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

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

The loans it is devaluing are to software companies, which have come under scrutiny in recent months because of the potential risk of disruption by artificial intelligence.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

If you think Timothée Chalamet was making a marble-mouthed point about moviegoing, you’re devaluing opera and ballet just as much as he is.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

"I think as British people we're very good at piercing the balloon of our own success and undercutting it and devaluing ourselves," he tells BBC News.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026




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