relegate
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“The U.S. now accepts China as a strategic rival and peer versus a country they can try to relegate and control.”
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Before the show, the singer told the Jerusalem Post he was determined to concentrate on the music and relegate any criticisms to "background noise".
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
In recent days, Musk has reiterated his Sci-Fi Socialism ideals that AI and robots will relegate work to being optional.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
What Skipper’s team has a chance to do Saturday might relegate those wins to fine print in his memoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Had the arrangement been otherwise, we would use base eight or base twelve arithmetic and relegate base ten to the New Math.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Still, workers clearly have some time before AI relegates them to the permanent underclass.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
In my opinion that all but relegates Wolves now.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025
Apple TV+ is so far down the list of streamers by watch time that Nielsen relegates it to the “other streaming” category of a pie chart.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
The move relegates Miller Moss to a reserve role after nine uneven starts this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
At the same time he relegates that historic myth Daniel Boone to his deserved contempt as a land-shark and speculator.
From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various
One case relegated to the slow lane involves a unit of the global consulting firm Accenture, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Leicester, relegated to League One for just the second time in their history last season, will start their latest campaign in the third tier under head coach Russell Martin at Notts County on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Monga made his top-flight debut aged 15 years and 271 days old in Leicester's defeat by Newcastle United on 7 April, with the Foxes relegated to the Championship at the end of that season.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
St Mirren won a League Cup in thrilling circumstances and then almost got themselves relegated.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The vast majority were relegated to claiming races, rock-bottom events in which any competitor can be purchased for a set, low price before the race.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The crown jewels of the arcade industry, they occupy the building's first two floors, relegating video games to the basement and upper levels.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Cerebras inscribed the memory directly on to the wafer rather than relegating it to distant chips and chiplets in high-bandwidth memory mazes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
There was a resultant concern that relegating Lyon would put Ligue 1 at disadvantage in terms of its global pull.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
But, he said, Hill “nevertheless insisted on relegating ‘The Fugees’ billing to coequal or secondary status after her name.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
We persist in relegating him to his family.
From The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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