cheapens

present tense third-person singular of cheapen
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Recent Examples of cheapens And perhaps worst of all, inflating every slight into oppression cheapens true injustice. Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapens
Verb
  • Encouraging young adults to take on progressively larger responsibilities — whether through part-time work, volunteering or managing household duties — builds competence and reduces fear.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This reduces the chance that graphic or violent content slips into your feed.
    Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Dendrite growth degrades battery performance and can cause internal short-circuits, making fast charging particularly dangerous.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And whether the Carolina Panthers are just stuck in an endless loop of embarrassment, one that alternately humiliates and enrages their fans.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Any delay in release weakens hatchlings and affects their survival rates.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.
    Jonathan Low, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That’s another lazy phrase that demeans the dynamic of sport.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This simplifies the review of Connelly, where a much broader range of temperature proxies dilutes some conclusions.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But by embroidering the drama of an American navigating Paris Fashion Week with stories of other women caught in the whirl, Winocour dilutes them all.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement The film largely follows the trajectory of the novel, but changes some details along the way—and adds one new, final twist that subverts the overall message of King's dystopian tale.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On view through October 18, the exhibition subverts traditional notions of perception, born from Calle’s bold takeover of the museum.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Cheapens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapens. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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