relegate
Example Sentences
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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
They ended last season 15th in the Premier League - United's lowest top-flight finish since they were relegated from Division One in 1974.
From BBC
Annie spent the next six weeks relegated to a wheelchair or a walker.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s something to be said for the virtue of relegating important works to a period of obscurity to turbo-charge the excitement of rediscovery.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
