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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

Concerns that AI might devalue cyber companies triggered a broad selloff in cyber stock prices earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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

Inflation is down from 200 percent to 31 percent -- although it is likely to rise again, if the peso is allowed to devalue as markets expect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 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

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

"We get quite a lot of end of lines, distressed stock and it devalues over time so we utilise that stock in a better way," he explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin

Plus: Protect yourself in the event that your credit-card points get devalued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

Libyans have been enjoying Ramadan with feasts and fireworks -- but soaring prices, a devalued currency and political divisions have left many with little to celebrate.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 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

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

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

A CWU spokesperson said: "This devaluing of a postal worker's job, combined with a toxic managerial culture, has created chaos and demoralisation in almost every workplace across the country."

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

Last month’s uptick came as China’s central bank recently signaled its tolerance for a stronger yuan amid criticism that Beijing is intentionally devaluing the Chinese currency, also known as renminbi, to boost exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026




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