downgrade

Example Sentences

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The update brings Lidl's system more line with rival supermarket chains, though some have said it is a downgrade from rewards such as 10% off vouchers for spending £250 in a month.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

NXP earlier this month caught a rare double downgrade from Mizuho, which warned that a tough economic environment could weigh on the auto market.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Earnings momentum is the fuel for an upgrade of U.S. stocks to overweight and simultaneous downgrade of European equities to neutral, according to one global bank.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

AbbVie once accepted a downgrade to buy Allergan, and recovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“We must return to them their lawful rights, assure equality of justice—and then everybody leave everybody else to hell alone. Paternalistic—we show our prejudice in our paternalism—we downgrade their dignity.”

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin