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Recent Examples of cheapen Newcomers who don’t understand the rules, and somehow, seek to cheapen Pilates. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025 The stock is still benefiting from having been dismissed and cheapened by prior fears of its search franchise being disrupted. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025 Those who make team success about them only cheapen the process. Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Grungy, Mismatched, or Wet Hand Towels Even in the most elegant bathroom, old towels instantly cheapen the space. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheapen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapen
Verb
  • As part of a plea agreement, the murder charge was reduced to involuntary manslaughter, and the remaining charges were dismissed.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Additional heavy rainfall is possible beyond Saturday; however, uncertainty in Melissa's track and forward speed reduces confidence in exact totals.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In their world, which is also ours, selfhood has degraded into taste, preferences, demography, and outlays of attention and money.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Unsubstantiated rumors still swirl online and in county meetings that wind, solar and battery storage facilities will degrade the environment, destroy rural culture and lower property values.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pressing for payment could humiliate people, who often arrive with their extended families, Parmar explained, and in a community this close-knit, that could mean losing dozens of patients, including many of the Medicaid patients who keep the clinic afloat.
    Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
  • By the time the cameras stopped clicking and the newsmen flew home, Kentucky had been humiliated in the national press, the onlooker’s violence both disputed and affirmed in accounts of this day.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • Losing him for the entire World Series would weaken their already-thin bullpen, and force Roberts to get creative in high-leverage situations after his starting pitcher has been removed.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • After accounting for lifestyle variables like exercise, the effects weakened a bit as, for example, more active people tend to spend more time outdoors.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The study authors looked at 13 samples and found no traces of typhus, but their work does not discredit the findings of the 2006 study, the researchers noted.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Many fans have welcomed her to the two-time winners club, joining the likes of Tony Vlachos and Sandra Diaz-Twine, while others have discredited her triumph.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Interview With the Vampire set a precedent for transformative TV from the Immortal Universe, its narrative and visual audacity subverting adaptation tropes and genre storytelling by challenging viewers’ notions of immortality, sexuality, and destiny.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.
    Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, the heist spotlights embarrassing security failings at one of France’s most venerable institutions.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The New York Mets fell short of the postseason in embarrassing fashion last season, so this offseason is going to be more important than ever.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That conflict comes to a head in the middle of campus in the film’s most intense scene, as Alma verbally belittles and demeans her until Maggie snaps and suddenly smacks her mentor.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What once was aberrant—indeed, unimaginable—is now standard Trump fare, demeaning not only to the Presidency but to the rule of law.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Cheapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapen. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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