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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
  • To put it simply, how will a company that makes no money pay back $52 billion in combined debt and lease commitments?
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city with 16 million residents, was hit by more rain in the 48 hours leading up to Thursday morning than the combined historical average for September and October, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Taps won't go dry, experts say, in part because Arizona has already reduced its water use over the years.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But for Deakins, the work is too dependent on the circumstances of a story, and the people telling it, to be reduced to any one method.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • With so few ancient samples of dodo DNA surviving—and that which does exist having degraded over the centuries—the analytic and number-crunching power of AI is just what’s needed to fill in the genetic blanks.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Russia’s constant attacks on factories, energy supply systems and the railways means that steel supply to the Ukrainian armed forces is also being degraded.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • However, Rob Shuter is reporting that Meghan believes Kate purposefully humiliated her by recently taking Princess Charlotte on the London Underground.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His daughter is humiliated, and the message could not be clearer.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The plates feature debased imprints of the same signature shapes, creating a dialogue with the glasses.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • How much longer the current cycle can continue may depend on market breadth, which has deteriorated.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Johnson in March 2026 observed that Jones’ mental health had deteriorated in the previous three months.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Milli Vanilli won a Grammy, got all this attention and then got discredited and didn’t replace Barbra Streisand or Bruce Springsteen or Taylor Swift or the Eurythmics or The Rolling Stones.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Scientists have thoroughly discredited such claims for decades.
    — Ashique KhudaBukhsh, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Tax impact for business owners The vast majority of incorporated businesses in Colorado don’t report any taxable income, according to the Department of Revenue data.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2026
  • New Mexico was an incorporated territory of the United States until becoming the 47th state in 1912.
    — Daniel Borunda, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Cheapened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapened. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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