debasement

Example Sentences

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We are transitioning from strictly a debasement inflationary environment to one that is more balanced between scarcity and debasement.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Following gold’s recent trouncing of stocks, and fears of dollar debasement, was he wrong?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The so-called debasement trade as well as a drive for hard assets in a period of rising inflation and its safe-haven allure have been the chief locomotives of the breathtaking rally in silver.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

In this debt-currency debasement period, once again gold has been strong relative to major fiat currencies, most of which have debt problems.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Fairly or unfairly, to her derogators Pittman epitomized all that was reprehensible about Dick Bass’s popularization of the Seven Summits and the ensuing debasement of the world’s highest mountain.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer