devalue
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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
Schools can institute an ‘adjusted GPA’ to devalue A’s when they are too numerous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
No one, especially not your second husband of three years, gets to devalue or judge your relationship with your kids.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026
“The government would like to increase competitiveness rather than devalue the currency.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
When France needed to devalue its currency, for example, they told the IMF in advance.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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
Critics of the expansion say it devalues the qualification process.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.
From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin
Plus: Protect yourself in the event that your credit-card points get devalued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But when your points are devalued, your transfer ratio can suddenly become something like 4 to 3.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
When asked to elaborate on his problems with radio hits, he said that songwriters have been devalued.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
He said Article 4 unfairly gave away control over "what you do with your property" and had devalued his house.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Tattooists say "bottomless tattoo" events are devaluing their craft, as removal specialists report growing demand from people wanting tiny tattoos erased.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
Though there’s never one reason a business closes, some industry observers and art fans have cited the rise in AI-generated content potentially devaluing original art overall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
The loans it is devaluing are to software companies, which have come under scrutiny in recent months because of the potential risk of disruption by artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 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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