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Recent Examples of abasement
Your historical victory is your reward for your historical abasement.
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Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abasement
Noun
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Abusers often employ fear, humiliation and isolation to not only limit one’s movements but to control the outside narrative.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Niall, for his part, only comes to hate himself more as gay acceptance goes mainstream, his initial distress over his sexuality compounded by humiliation at being unable to get past that distress.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dollar debasement Emmanuel Cau, head of European equity strategy at Barclays, expects the euro to extend recent gains against the dollar.—
Michael Considine,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Bakri’s face is impassive and exhausted during this casual debasement, his voice low, and his tone deadpan, as though Salim has been forced to do all this a million times before.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Abasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abasement. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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