downgrade
Example Sentences
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The Chinese manufacturers of cheap Android phones will be the most impacted, but even Apple and Samsung could choose to pursue mitigation strategies like downgrading other components.
From Barron's
Forecasts for its profit had been downgraded after it surfaced that WH Smith's business in North America had overstated revenues possibly by as much as £50m.
From BBC
Goldman Sachs analysts downgraded Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to Neutral from Buy last week, citing the company’s exposure to the Caribbean market.
From Barron's
It would simply impose artificial scarcity, requiring professors to downgrade excellent work to satisfy a statistical distribution.
The committee didn’t include any hard data about how prevalent downgrading was, though that may come in a final report.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.