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devalue

[dee-val-yoo] / diˈvæl ju /


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They aren’t phased by narratives designed to devalue their accolades and their acumen.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

“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

“I don’t want to devalue our core offering.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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