devaluate
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He added that the long-term cost of EV ownership, "coupled with the fact that cars devaluate after 10 years", mean it "doesn't make any logical sense to buy one in the current economic climate".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
"But that's not the end of the war, that's the end of the battle for Aleppo. But it will have a major psychological impact and that we cannot devaluate at this stage."
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2016
Mr. Coté said China’s move to devaluate its currency has been ”a big surprise,’’ adding to anxiety over the global growth outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2015
She cannot devaluate her money further without risking violent insurrection from hard-bitten French investors, who have already seen 80% of their savings swept away in the inflation and demonetization of the franc in 1924-28.
From Time Magazine Archive
Looks like the government might devaluate the dollar.
From The Common Man by Schelling, George Luther
On Thursday, Kazakhstan, an exporter of oil and copper, devaluated its currency to help its economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2015
Dollar based assets are devaluated and this makes foreign investment in the US less profitable while commodities such as oil increase in price.
From Economist ● Jun. 1, 2012
It was the worst financial news since the pound was devaluated in 1949.
From Time Magazine Archive
He now had nothing left but a dilapidated farm, a bank book showing 50,000 devaluated marks tied up in his native Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
It now bridges dramatically between life and death, in a world where the currency of both life and death is, for all practical purposes, devaluated.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
“Humility doesn’t consist in devaluating oneself but rather in that healthy realism that makes us recognize our potential and also our misery,” Francis said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
"We are not through the period of volatility that began in earnest last August when China started the process of devaluating its currency."
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2016
The government resisted devaluating the yuan during the Asian financial crisis in 1998, in large part due to their desire to be seen as Asia’s regional leader.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2015
"All Asian countries need to stop devaluating their currencies, it is a set of responsibilities, it is not just China," Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Friday.
From Reuters ● Feb. 20, 2011
Her attempts to rejuvenate the country's stag nating economy by devaluating the overpriced rupee brought loud screams of protest from most of the nation's politicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
