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devalue

[dee-val-yoo] / diˈvæl ju /


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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

If Washington and Tokyo were to team up to devalue the dollar and prop up the yen, there could be benefits for both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

“The government would like to increase competitiveness rather than devalue the currency.”

From Barron's Oct. 28, 2025

If pennies become worthless, does that devalue our thoughts to less than nothing?

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

Having spent the last year feeling increasingly out of place in a world that devalues art and process over expedience and automation, watching “The Last Showgirl” felt like looking in a mirror.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2025

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Vaknin, Samuel

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

To cover its budget deficits, the regime in Tehran has devalued its currency.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Among those surveyed was a Bolton head teacher who said arts subjects had been "systematically devalued" by the curriculum, which had contributed to some students hating school and committing truancy.

From BBC Jan. 26, 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

Fynn believes that the devaluing of matchday revenue harms clubs in the lower tiers of English football.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Though there’s never one reason a business closes, some industry observers and art fans have cited the rise in AI-generated content potentially devaluing original art overall.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

You can’t make fun of the people devaluing art by scrolling on their phone, watching movies at home, and then play artists off the stage before they can even say a word.

From Salon Mar. 16, 2026

This means more software can be produced at a new very low cost, devaluing current enterprise software makers, or even replacing them altogether.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026




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