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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

"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

No one, especially not your second husband of three years, gets to devalue or judge your relationship with your kids.

From MarketWatch Jan. 22, 2026

“As it currently stands, many of these platforms are commercializing IP in ways that undermine fan engagement efforts, devalue brands, and misuse names and likenesses,” Krauss said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 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

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

"It was quite a scary time. It totally devalues you as a human being."

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin

Thirty-four years ago, a brilliant young hedge-fund manager helped engineer a $1 billion payday for his employer by betting a major currency would be devalued.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

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

He said Article 4 unfairly gave away control over "what you do with your property" and had devalued his house.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

There’s a strange irony to this age of relentless self-filming: It’s birthed a devaluing of openness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 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

With financial markets devaluing software companies and their debts, the fund marked down some of its software loans, and reduced its portfolio’s net asset value by 1.8% for the quarter, to $19.59 a share.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026




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