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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
  • Those two drugs account for roughly two-thirds of Novo’s sales, racking up combined sales of $31 billion in 2025.
    — Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Under the dishwasher and the three-compartment sink, there were a combined 16.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, a 2025 study found that 28 percent of people with telogen effluvium had reduced ferritin levels, while no one in the control group had a deficiency.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • By 2020, however, it had been reduced to a century-and-a-half-old ruin running a mile along the River Lee and in the midst of condo conversion.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Nothing has degraded more for Latino men, however, than the simple pleasures of life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Highly active variants quickly degraded under thermal stress, and stable variants operated far too slowly to be commercially viable.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 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
  • Carney maintained this approach even as US-Canada relations deteriorated and the economic rift between the neighbors grew.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
  • With no unionization company-wide, the efforts of distribution workers to seek any protections have been routinely dismissed while accidents and working conditions have deteriorated at many of their plants.
    — Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The issue here is not with this project, which is building something artistic and beautiful, but with a broader, pro-AI tech culture that has discredited AI and its public image.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, the war on terror fueled an alarming rise in xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment and discredited the country’s political and foreign policy elites.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • New Mexico was an incorporated territory of the United States until becoming the 47th state in 1912.
    — Daniel Borunda, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to enabling Lenovo to build such a thin and light business laptop, the incorporated Frore tech means the AeroBlade has no vents on the bottom.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Cheapened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapened. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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