be demoted
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The Fed’s board of governors, including its chair, cannot be demoted or removed without good cause.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025
Army suddenly found that unless they underwent naturalization, they would be demoted.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
A few are offering the odd disobliging word about Mr Dowden, suggesting he never wanted to be party chairman in the first place and was very disappointed to be demoted from being culture secretary.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022
After The Times last month reported on the cover-up, Limon’s claim said, Villanueva demanded that she retire or she’d be demoted four ranks — from assistant sheriff to lieutenant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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