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Recent Examples of cheapen The nameless boy becomes nothing more than collateral damage on the men’s superficial spiritual journey, cheapening any real progress that the brothers had made. Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025 The acceleration of fast fashion has only complicated the issue, as non-essential features are cheapened or ditched in a bid to push down prices. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025 And so do donors like me — who understand that supporting donors honors our sacrifice, rather than cheapens it. Lindsay Gutierrez, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025 When the front, sides, and back are all different, the inconsistency can be distracting and cheapen the feeling of the neighborhood. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheapen
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Verb
  • The Work Ethic Camp was opened in 2001 and initially designed to reduce prison overcrowding, according to a Nebraska legislative report, providing the incarcerated with life skills training, substance abuse treatment and work experience.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Experts also note that equitable access to mental health care and continuing to lower stigma are key roles in the ongoing mission to reduce suicide in teens.
    De Elizabeth, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Although Israel did not fully eliminate Iran’s nuclear capabilities, its air campaign delayed, degraded, and deterred Iran’s ambitions, and further transformed the Middle East’spolitical landscape.
    DAVID A. DEPTULA, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
  • They are also believed to degrade water quality, which can hurt sensitive organisms like freshwater mussels.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • Luthor’s ultimate defeat is an unmasking that humiliates him by confirming his own worst fears about himself.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 July 2025
  • Coach Ruben Amorim publicly humiliated him before a loan move to Aston Villa for the final half of the campaign.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
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  • For Trump, whose political brand has long relied on projecting authenticity to his base, a sustained decline in honesty ratings could weaken his ability to roll out his agenda.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • This means banana particles can remain between teeth for an extended period, giving bacteria more time to produce acids that weaken tooth enamel.14 6.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Activists have worked steadily to discredit stories about famine.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
  • During the two-month trial, Combs’ defense attorneys focused much of their efforts on questioning – and attempting to discredit – witnesses brought forth by the prosecution.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • My favorite thing about playing her is subverting that expectation over the course of her journey in the show, as sort of my emotional catharsis.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • China has been able to subvert existing channels to obtain restricted chips anyway.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Dodgers embarrassed them on the field and then hit the podcast circuit to shame them some more, ridiculing their defense, their baserunning, their lack of composure and even their unnecessary visits to the mound.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Big yikes: This is a sarcastic phrase to publicly mock or shame someone for a cringey comment, outfit, or behavior and is used to embarrass others in group chats or social media.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2025
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  • But Trump and his allies seem to be attacking CNN for merely reporting on the assessment, even claiming that such reports are demeaning the members of the military who carried out the strikes.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 June 2025
  • This is not the first time Kaye has taken something intended as a compliment as ultimately patronizing, if not demeaning.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 18 June 2025

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“Cheapen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapen. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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