relegate

Example Sentences

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"And the US threatens to relegate the organisation to even greater irrelevance if it doesn't get what it wants," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

One idea is to relegate certain demanding workloads to superconductors, which conduct electricity with zero resistance and produce almost no heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

There is no option other than to relegate herself to this turmoil.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

It might not attract "douze points" across the board, but it would be hard to relegate to last place.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

I wasn’t going to relegate our love to the creeping pace of the postal service.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama