demotion
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Demotion in rank is considered the third most severe punishment for sumo elders after dismissal and a recommendation for retirement.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
Demotion means that the material would remain visible to people searching for it, but the company’s algorithms would be less likely to suggest the posts into people’s feeds.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2023
"Demotion, emotion, promotion, locomotion, I don't know how you would describe this move, though move it is. All I would say is that it's a privilege to serve," is how Gove described it.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2016
Demotion or not, Bergenheim was all over the ice early in the game and played like he had something to prove.
From Washington Times • Mar. 11, 2015
The public debates of the Athenian assembly were not favourable to the success of a scheme like that proposed by Demotion, to which secrecy was indispensable.
From Hellenica by Dakyns, Henry Graham
Vocabulary lists containing demotion
Between Shades of Gray
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Vocabulary from Readings 6, Unit 1
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