demonetizing

verb

present participle of demonetize
as in debasing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonetizing
  1. debasing
  2. reducing
  3. devaluing
  4. depreciating
  5. downgrading
  6. attenuating
  7. lowering
  8. cheapening
Verb
  • Most of us would deny that any socially useful work can be or should be debasing.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Blanche is debasing himself and the law in this shameful pursuit.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of debasing
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  • China, too, has relied heavily on its own massive oil stockpiles, while simultaneously drastically reducing its crude imports.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the international initiative aimed at reducing the number of severe injury and fatal crashes to zero.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of reducing
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  • What outrages Marylanders is that this diabolical plan excludes the Preakness, devaluing it and implying the Triple Crown is irrelevant, if not dead.
    — Stephen J. K. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This strategy eliminates mid-tier options for holiday shoppers, potentially devaluing the iPhone 17 quickly once AI becomes standard.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of devaluing
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  • Skeptics have questioned whether graphics processing units (GPUs) can support this type of financing because the chips have historically been viewed as rapidly depreciating technology.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The value of their veteran top goalscorer and forward-line talisman last season is depreciating year by year.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of depreciating
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  • On Monday, shortly after authorities began downgrading some mandatory evacuation orders to warnings around Somersett, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said people were already venturing too far into dangerous wildlands.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Analysts are more cautious, with BofA and JPMorgan downgrading the stock to hold.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of downgrading
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  • The mouth fiddle is an instrument of extension, attenuating the distinction between our internal organs and those of our making.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of attenuating
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  • California lawmakers are pushing a package of energy bills aimed at lowering electricity costs and making clean energy more accessible as residents continue to face some of the highest utility rates in the country.
    — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Regularly lowering sonar tools and mechanical sensors allows operators to map shifting cavern walls, track structural shrinkage, and inspect steel casings and cement seals for fractures.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of lowering
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  • The two are different in kind, and cheapening the first does nothing for the second.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • 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.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026
Definition of cheapening
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“Demonetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonetizing. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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