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This dollar weakness would also cheapen foreign-exchange hedging costs, they believed, allowing foreign investors concerned about the U.S. dollar’s long-run status to bolster their foreign-exchange hedges, which in turn would amplify the buck’s weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

A deterioration in the U.S. deficit is also causing Treasurys to cheapen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The Japanese government doesn’t want its currency to cheapen dramatically; that makes it more expensive for Japanese citizens to buy what they need.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

The question that vexed me as I left La Jolla Playhouse, where “Working Girl” is receiving its world premiere, is why must musicals so often cheapen their source material?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

I don’t like to throw the L-word around; it’s too good and rare a feeling to cheapen with overuse.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

But to think of this novel solely as a journey to the center of Portman’s mind is not only irrelevant; it cheapens Cusk’s project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

But for a fair number of others, the main objection is that Summerween cheapens Halloween — that to celebrate a summer facsimile will dilute the real thing.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Chill on the AI it cheapens the brand,” one wrote on Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

"If a university is willing to look the other way and not hold faculty accountable for engaging in academically dishonest behavior, it cheapens its mission and the value of its education," Ms Fox said.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

It cheapens everything, doesn’t it, if this man thinks we’re only giving him everything we have on us because we may not have any use for it ten minutes from now.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

As these markets have cheapened, investors may want to look at deeply discounted BDCs and closed-end junk-bond and leveraged-loan funds.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

The surge in China’s trade surplus isn’t a byproduct of a cheapened yuan, but despite a relatively stronger currency, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Lithium batteries have cheapened at a comparable pace, and the cost of wind turbines has dropped steadily too, albeit at a slower rate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

The group felt the value of music had been cheapened by online streaming and piracy, and wanted to take "a 400-year-old Renaissance-style approach to music, offering it as a commissioned commodity".

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

She could not believe he had brought Arize up like that, cheapened Arize’s memory in order to make a point in a spurious argument.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Far from cheapening the brand, Ferrari’s rabid base of superfans only enhances the brand’s appeal to clients who can afford to pay millions of dollars for a car they will rarely drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

"The way they do their buffet and their salad bar, it feels like they are cheapening on their quality and have lower standards...They're giving away so much food and you're like 'How?'"

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

On the energy front, motor fuel may be cheapening, but fuel and electricity for home use are still pricey.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024

“You both are cheapening our degrees,” he said Dec. 26 on X. “The damage is getting worse with your lies. You’ve lost our confidence.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

The great quantity of coarse freights, that could only be profitably carried long distances by water, has revolutionized the type of vessel used for its transportation, making large steamers imperative, consolidating interests and cheapening methods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various