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cheapened

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verb

past tense of cheapen
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Recent Examples of cheapened
Verb
It should never be cheapened into a pretext for a tariff policy built on dubious legal theories and personal grievances. ABC News, 23 July 2026 The result is that sports are cheapened, perhaps irredeemably. Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026 The failure to do so has only cheapened our nation and risks our future as a beacon for the world. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026 In this way, Bad Bunny’s popularity has not cheapened his message. Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 30 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapened
Adjective
  • This is viewed as part of his decentralization agenda, aiming to transfer powers in areas such as skills training and select tax authorities from London to local combined authorities.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The combined text volume of the transcripts alone would be roughly equivalent to 10,000 typical novels.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Obviously, that’s a fair assumption if his ice time is meaningfully reduced, and the same goes for Draisaitl.
    Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The development comes as the global shipping industry contends with attacks around the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, higher energy prices, and sharply reduced traffic through some of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The invasion has raised European willingness to spend more on defense, and the fighting has badly degraded Russia’s armed forces.
    JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Russia’s subsequent full-scale invasion has largely degraded into a battlefield stalemate, with Moscow’s and Kyiv’s forces vying for the upper hand, though the two sides have recently intensified their aerial attacks on one another.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • That wasn’t its only subject; comedy and power and misogyny and creativity and intergenerational conflict and work ethic and, especially in its last few seasons, the debased state of the entertainment industry were all richly explored through lines.
    Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
  • And this has lent Margot a debased sort of celebrity.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Associated Press OSLO, Norway -- Crown Prince Haakon visited his father King Harald of Norway on Monday at the hospital, after the king's health deteriorated over the weekend, public broadcaster NRK reported.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Her defense says she was prescribed 13 medications over four months as her mental health deteriorated.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Inflicting these details on the jury, the children’s family members, and the public served no discernible purpose in establishing Clancy’s mens rea, which might have discredited her not-guilty plea.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • After the exam was discredited, at least 20 students died by suicide, according to Agence France-Presse.
    Philip Wang, Time, 25 July 2026
Adjective
  • Mix thoroughly for several minutes until the mixture becomes sticky and well incorporated — as tender as bread dough.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
  • Eatonville is nationally known as the nation’s first incorporated municipality with an all-African American government.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026

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“Cheapened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapened. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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