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 technology also seems to devalue the hard work, skill, and knowledge that flesh-and-blood musicians take pride in—and threaten the livelihoods of those musicians.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
The Catholic organization argued the measure would devalue human life and undermine the physician’s role as a healer.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
But both the city and the developer, BH3 Merrimac, have explained that an existing long-term lease between the city and the developers devalues the land significantly.
—Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
The Catholic organization argued the measure would devalue human life and undermine the physician’s role as a healer.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
But both the city and the developer, BH3 Merrimac, have explained that an existing long-term lease between the city and the developers devalues the land significantly.
—Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 25 Dec. 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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