relegate
Example Sentences
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Since then, both clubs have been relegated to and returned from the Championship - and this term both are chasing European glory.
From BBC
He was also at the helm when Saracens were relegated for financial irregularities, spending the 2020-21 season in the second division and leading them straight back to the Premiership.
From Barron's
But even the best film music has often been relegated to “pops” and summertime concerts, with a tacit judgment among symphony orchestras that it should only ever be paired with children and picnic blankets.
From Los Angeles Times
He didn’t like gunfire and so was relegated to a small dog run, open to the elements, where he slept in a barrel filled with straw.
United finished the 2024/25 campaign in 15th spot -- the club's lowest top-flight finish since they were relegated in 1974 -- and missed out on European football for only the second time in 35 years.
From Barron's
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