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verb

past tense of debase
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Recent Examples of debased
Adjective
Only the first is still fashionable, and the last has been so debased, misused, and weaponized over the centuries as to be almost unspeakable in polite company. Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
Within this world no others exist, except as things to be debased. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Dogville, from 2003, is an experimental Lars von Trier film shot on a stage set in which Kidman plays a woman debased and abused by the inhabitants of a small town. Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025 Unlike bonds, which promise repayment of the primary investment at a future date, warranting demands for higher yields to offset inflation concerns, gold is a physical asset that cannot be debased by fiscal mismanagement or political interference. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debased
Adjective
  • For Capone, this high precedence of pinworm was incredibly surprising, given that the samples were over 1,000 years old and the DNA would have been highly degraded over such a long period of time.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Amazon’s own websites, Prime Video, and Alexa experienced degraded service.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some people think today’s pro athletes are too wealthy to be corrupted.
    Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Files were easily lost or corrupted.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There was this huge peak between 2000 and about 2018 where there was a decentralized anti-Fascist movement that’s responsible for Richard Spencer going home, for Matthew Heimbach being humiliated.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • LaBella alleges that she was traumatized and humiliated by the experience.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Porter’s story was viewed largely as a cautionary tale of a corrupt athlete… until this week, when the FBI dropped news of a much wider NBA betting scandal that shed light on Porter’s possible motivations.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After accounting for lifestyle variables like exercise, the effects weakened a bit as, for example, more active people tend to spend more time outdoors.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
  • San Francisco artificial intelligence giant OpenAI weakened its chatbots’ anti-suicide protections in the run-up to the death of teenager Adam Raine, according to new claims in a lawsuit by the boy’s parents.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Palestinian Authority, long discredited in the West Bank, has been absent in Gaza.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Colorado contends its law simply regulates licensed therapists by banning a practice that major medical groups have deemed harmful and discredited.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Star began writing about the concerns at Warren Hills in March, detailing how for years that teachers, staff and parents have been worried that something at the school may be making teachers and staff sick.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Although Hahne's daughter lived close enough to remain at home, Hahne made connections with families staying in the Ronald McDonald House while their sick children received care from Children's Hospital.
    Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life.
    Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Debased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debased. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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