as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
normally, significant damage would devalue an antique
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The former involves stockpiling government issued notes fully aware of how governments have devalued money over the millennia, while the other involves exposure to the very people who drive all wealth creation.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In other debt crises in history, the local currency has often been significantly devalued.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
When the team moved from Montreal, the Orioles argued that Washington was inside the Orioles’ commercial footprint and that a second team so close could devalue Baltimore’s territorial broadcast rights.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In a world where every moment must be productive, where caregiving is systematically devalued and where human relationships are subordinated to market logic, Miss Huang represents a future where childhood survives only as a date on a birth certificate.
—Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In other debt crises in history, the local currency has often been significantly devalued.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
When the team moved from Montreal, the Orioles argued that Washington was inside the Orioles’ commercial footprint and that a second team so close could devalue Baltimore’s territorial broadcast rights.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In a world where every moment must be productive, where caregiving is systematically devalued and where human relationships are subordinated to market logic, Miss Huang represents a future where childhood survives only as a date on a birth certificate.
—Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalue. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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