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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

Schools can institute an ‘adjusted GPA’ to devalue A’s when they are too numerous.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 11, 2026

Inflation is down from 200 percent to 31 percent -- although it is likely to rise again, if the peso is allowed to devalue as markets expect.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 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

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

"It was quite a scary time. It totally devalues you as a human being."

From BBC Jan. 23, 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

It said it devalued parks and gardens and "makes them vulnerable to poorly informed development".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Thirty-four years ago, a brilliant young hedge-fund manager helped engineer a $1 billion payday for his employer by betting a major currency would be devalued.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 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

Now I’ve pulled that ace out of the hole, taken a good look, and found that it’s useless to me, devalued over time.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

From BBC May 4, 2026

You can’t make fun of the people devaluing art by scrolling on their phone, watching movies at home, and then play artists off the stage before they can even say a word.

From Salon Mar. 16, 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




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