Examples of devalue in a Sentence
The government has decided to devalue its currency.
Economic woes forced the government to devalue.
He argues that placing too many requirements on schools devalues the education they provide.
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The resulting sonic Pandora’s box is changing, perhaps irrevocably, how music is created and consumed, valued and devalued.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
There is a long, problematic history of people feeling positively or negatively toward different kinds of English, rewarding how it is spoken or written by some sectors of society and devaluing how it is used by others.
—Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
This, of course, was before Amazon devalued the price of hardcovers so that readers expected to get brand new hardcovers at trade paper prices.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Also voted down in 2018 was a counter ballot proposal that would have allowed people to seek compensation if a government action or regulation devalued their property.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
There is a long, problematic history of people feeling positively or negatively toward different kinds of English, rewarding how it is spoken or written by some sectors of society and devaluing how it is used by others.
—Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
This, of course, was before Amazon devalued the price of hardcovers so that readers expected to get brand new hardcovers at trade paper prices.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Also voted down in 2018 was a counter ballot proposal that would have allowed people to seek compensation if a government action or regulation devalued their property.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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devalue
transitive verb
de·val·ue
(ˌ)dē-ˈval-(ˌ)yü 
devalued; devaluing
1
: to institute the devaluation of (money)
2
: to lessen the value of
devaluing assets
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