Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonetizing
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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,
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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
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The departments of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development and Transportation, along with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are instructed to eliminate regulations and update programs that are reducing residential development.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the practical effect also meant that the entire second floor of the hotel was turned over to the pope, reducing its capacity for paying guests.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The suit claimed that Wilson intentionally blocked the sale of The Deb in hopes of devaluing Wilson’s company, Camp Sugar, to the point where AI Films would sell its stake.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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The mistake was dragging it out for years, stubbornly clutching a depreciating asset while better offers came and went.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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That’s hoovering up free cash flows and loading the companies with depreciating assets, radically altering many of the characteristics that have helped fuel the firms’ rise over the past decade.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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Fitch Ratings has given Chicago a BBB+ overall, while downgrading sales tax securitization from AAA to AA+.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Nakai, too, squandered roughly six points for downgrading a planned triple lutz-triple toe loop combination.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Plastic Detox is Netflix’s documentary film that delves into whether lowering daily exposure to microplastics – going on a three-month plastic detox – can improve fertility markers in couples who want to start a family.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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Four out of 10 voters said reducing the cost of living in California is among the top issues the next governor should prioritize, and smaller numbers also highlighted building affordable housing and lowering gas prices and utility rates.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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“Demonetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonetizing. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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