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relegate

[rel-i-geyt] / ˈrɛl ɪˌgeɪt /




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“The U.S. now accepts China as a strategic rival and peer versus a country they can try to relegate and control.”

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Forest have six games left as they look to beat the drop - potentially helping to relegate Tottenham for the first time since 1977 in the process.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

One idea is to relegate certain demanding workloads to superconductors, which conduct electricity with zero resistance and produce almost no heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

What Skipper’s team has a chance to do Saturday might relegate those wins to fine print in his memoir.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

I wasn’t going to relegate our love to the creeping pace of the postal service.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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