demonetizing

Definition of demonetizingnext
present participle of demonetize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonetizing
Verb
  • Since the summer of 2025, antiforeigner sentiment—fueled by false or exaggerated claims about migrant workers committing crimes, foreign residents draining welfare coffers, or international tourists debasing Japanese culture—has taken hold in Japanese politics.
    GRACIA LIU-FARRER, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
  • But the story of Hilma af Klint lacks the blunt clarity of balance sheets, and her afterlife suggests that money, far from debasing art, is what pins it to the world.
    Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The plant will focus on advanced packaging, which involves combining multiple memory chips into a single, high-density unit to improve performance and energy efficiency while reducing overall size.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The team achieved a 20 percent reduction in turbine weight per megawatt compared to the industry average, assisting with installation while also reducing costs.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That’s one fewer than a peak in mid-2025 as political trends devaluing diversity blend with changes to succession plans and corporate structures.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But his threat came as widespread protests—fueled by a devaluing currency and rapid inflation—have rattled the country in the past week, leading to violent clashes involving security forces.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Kerkorian came to discover that content libraries, no matter how storied, function as a depreciating asset.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Iran's theocracy faces a growing squeeze from the country's rapidly depreciating rial currency and economic sanctions imposed due to Tehran's nuclear program.
    NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Those trends might suggest drivers are downgrading to bare-minimum liability insurance.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The administration has withheld routine forms of assistance from Taiwan—including by downgrading a defense dialogue with the island, denying Taiwanese President William Lai the ability to briefly visit the United States while traveling elsewhere, and blocking a major arms sales package.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Florida is one step closer to lowering the age to legally purchase a long gun from 21 to 18.
    Abby Dodge, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Start at your current fitness level and combine running with other cholesterol-lowering exercises.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • There was only ever one copy of the album created, an intentional choice by RZA, the leader of the group, and Dutch Moroccan rapper and producer Cilvaringz, who felt the streaming age was cheapening music.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Far from cheapening or diluting Ibsen’s themes and conflicts, the action revitalizes them.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Demonetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonetizing. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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