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devalue

[dee-val-yoo] / diˈvæl ju /


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“What we want to do is defend against anything that would devalue the elections process,” Logan said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Are some of the recent changes to the program, like expanding from three tiers of redemption to five, a way to stealthily devalue points?

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

“I don’t want to devalue our core offering.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 11, 2026

Markets have long been concerned that China would devalue its currency in response to tariffs, says Brooks.

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

If pennies become worthless, does that devalue our thoughts to less than nothing?

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

A pack of cards made up exclusively of jokers would be useless, just as a society that devalues the individual would be inert.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Wars are financed by borrowing and printing money which devalues debt and fiat currency.

From MarketWatch Feb. 16, 2026

If AI devalues knowledge, it undermines the US equity market’s advantage and its S&P 500’s 21x forward earnings.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

Many Hollywood professionals will tell you not to take unpaid gigs, as it devalues your work and the industry itself.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin

But when your points are devalued, your transfer ratio can suddenly become something like 4 to 3.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

By allowing its primary cinematic output to be devalued, Pixar sold off its imagination and lowered its artistic standards — a mistake the studio is still struggling to come back from.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

JPMorgan Chase tightened lending to private credit funds and devalued software company loans due to AI disruption risk, reports say.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

To cover its budget deficits, the regime in Tehran has devalued its currency.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Now that I’m an adult, I realize that kids know at a very young age when they’re being devalued, when adults aren’t invested enough to help them learn.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

There’s a strange irony to this age of relentless self-filming: It’s birthed a devaluing of openness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

A recent survey from Resume.com showed that 41% of workers believed AI was replacing, devaluing or overlapping with parts of their jobs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Bank Indonesia lifted its base lending rate to 5.25 percent, it said, to help stabilise the devaluing rupiah and keep inflation in check.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Fynn believes that the devaluing of matchday revenue harms clubs in the lower tiers of English football.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Last month’s uptick came as China’s central bank recently signaled its tolerance for a stronger yuan amid criticism that Beijing is intentionally devaluing the Chinese currency, also known as renminbi, to boost exports.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026




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