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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Either way, the scholarly tendency has been to devalue choice and chance as historical factors.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Gomez doesn’t like that Leagues Cup has devalued the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the nation’s oldest ongoing soccer tournament that dates to 1913 and was modeled after England’s F.A. Cup to encompass all levels of competition, from amateur to professional.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
The strategy worked exactly as intended, devaluing the masters in the hands of anyone but Taylor Swift, even as the excitement around Taylor’s Versions helped expand her already giant fanbase.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
Cardholders report that rewards are devalued, denied, disappeared, or fine-printed to oblivion, their actual redemption details dramatically different from their marketing materials.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Gomez doesn’t like that Leagues Cup has devalued the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the nation’s oldest ongoing soccer tournament that dates to 1913 and was modeled after England’s F.A. Cup to encompass all levels of competition, from amateur to professional.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
The strategy worked exactly as intended, devaluing the masters in the hands of anyone but Taylor Swift, even as the excitement around Taylor’s Versions helped expand her already giant fanbase.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
Cardholders report that rewards are devalued, denied, disappeared, or fine-printed to oblivion, their actual redemption details dramatically different from their marketing materials.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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