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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They were being demeaned for that, or devalued for that in this critical time.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Years of inflation have devalued the six-figure income.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Monstrous work is work that refuses to trade Black comportment for temporary inclusion into any institution that prefers to keep Black people separate and devalued.
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The result is a marketplace where creativity is devalued and ownership is optional.
—Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Years of inflation have devalued the six-figure income.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Monstrous work is work that refuses to trade Black comportment for temporary inclusion into any institution that prefers to keep Black people separate and devalued.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
The result is a marketplace where creativity is devalued and ownership is optional.
—Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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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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