be demoted
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Those rules could cause a team to be demoted from one competition to another, like Crystal Palace were from the Europa League to the Conference League last season, or miss out on Europe altogether.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
The Fed’s board of governors, including its chair, cannot be demoted or removed without good cause.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025
At a hearing last month Gonzalez made an argument for why she should not be demoted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024
The assistant director will be demoted out of management and reassigned to a different state agency in a lower classification and pay grade, the state’s human resources department said.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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