deprecation

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The relevant statute allows only tariffs that “deal with large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits,” “prevent an imminent and significant deprecation of the dollar,” or facilitate an international agreement to correct a “balance-of-payments disequilibrium.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"I am deeply disappointed that someone has decided to be this horrible when they must certainly know it's actually self deprecation."

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

"As companies face difficulties, appropriate yuan deprecation will help boost their competitiveness," Zong Liang, chief researcher at state-owned Bank of China, told Reuters.

From Reuters • May 17, 2022

So we’re moving away from cookies and there’s this whole deprecation of cookies and what that’s going to mean for advertisers.

From The Verge • Dec. 15, 2020

Or perhaps rarely Wang Lung would say, “This is a good dish of noodles,” and O-lan would answer in deprecation, “It is good flour we have this year from the fields.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck