as in reduces
to diminish the price or value of
normally, significant damage would devalue an antique
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Recent Examples of devalues
But both the city and the developer, BH3 Merrimac, have explained that an existing long-term lease between the city and the developers devalues the land significantly.
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Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
The championing of generative AI devalues our ability to read and to think and to comprehend, to be moved by art, and to interact with and criticize it.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
As Black women mourn her loss and grapple with the realities of a capitalist system that devalues our lives and labor, we are comforted by the legacy Assata Shakur leaves behind.
—Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
There’s a common misconception that automation devalues human work—or that AI will simply put everyone out of work.
—Shyam Ravindranathan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In the current format, labeling the FedEx Cup winner as the tour champion devalues a season’s worth of play.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Finding the same class elsewhere for free devalues the site.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
The championing of generative AI devalues our ability to read and to think and to comprehend, to be moved by art, and to interact with and criticize it.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
As Black women mourn her loss and grapple with the realities of a capitalist system that devalues our lives and labor, we are comforted by the legacy Assata Shakur leaves behind.
—Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
There’s a common misconception that automation devalues human work—or that AI will simply put everyone out of work.
—Shyam Ravindranathan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In the current format, labeling the FedEx Cup winner as the tour champion devalues a season’s worth of play.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Finding the same class elsewhere for free devalues the site.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalues
reduces
Verb
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Lower-temperature graphite production The second pathway, discovered by NLR and NCSU, reduces the temperature required to produce the mineral.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Mar. 2026
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By revitalizing dormant follicles and promoting the transition from the telogen phase back to anagen, minoxidil reduces the overall quantity of hair lost.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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