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[dee-val-yoo] / diˈvæl ju /


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They aren’t phased by narratives designed to devalue their accolades and their acumen.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

“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

‘You know, our food is worth, in my mind, every penny we ask someone to pay for it. I don’t want to devalue our core offering.’

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

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

But others think it devalues a Grand Slam title and robs doubles specialists of a chance to earn the big prize money.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin

He said he feared for people's civil liberties, which he said were "being devalued and watered down".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 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

There’s a tidal change happening in youth culture that is tied to inaccessibility, a response to the devaluing of making art, that’s exciting to see.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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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