devaluation
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“I wouldn’t use the word devaluation simply because I don’t know what is going to happen,” said Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, adding that Nixon’s move “permits us to negotiate new rates of exchange.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
That practice must end, because it is a "complete devaluation of the resource that is so fortunately endowed in places like Nigeria and other countries," he told BBC Focus on Africa.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But that sweeping generality about serenity’s devaluation could easily apply to any culture, Hayao Miyazaki might say.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
While you don’t have any control over point devaluation, you can protect yourself by spending your points and not hoarding them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
This devaluation helped moderate the downturn in economic growth in 1999 that investors had expressed concerns about over the summer of 1998.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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