downgrade

Example Sentences

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They downgrade their rating on the stock to underperform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Space stocks traded lower, with Redwire down almost 16% after a downgrade to Hold, despite a 163% gain last month.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

To suggest otherwise is to downgrade his work unfairly.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

In the early 2000s, Shamieh helped reinsurer Munich Re contend with a crippling ratings downgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 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