demoting

present participle of demote
as in reducing
to bring to a lower grade or rank the court-martial's decision was to demote the officer responsible for the failed mission

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Recent Examples of demoting Considering this poor return (scoring points was a key target in demoting Doohan for Colapinto), Briatore acknowledged during the Dutch GP weekend that Alpine may have unnecessarily burdened its young Argentine driver. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Spirit has been looking for ways to slash costs, including furloughing and demoting hundreds more pilots and cutting unprofitable routes. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025 Spirit is furloughing 270 pilots and demoting an additional 140. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Yaccarino, a media industry veteran who for years led ad sales at NBCUniversal, departed X after Musk merged the service with his xAI artificial intelligence company, effectively demoting her. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • The findings have led to the development of potential medical treatments that scientists hope could cure autoimmune diseases, the committee said, as well as providing more effective cancer treatments and reducing complications after stem cell and organ transplants.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Research has shown the benefits of exercise in mitigating the effects of aging by increasing blood flow to the brain and reducing the risk of chronic conditions, such as heart disease.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • His defensiveness and insulting you and dismissing your feelings, in my opinion means he's emotionally attached to her, especially with the nickname.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Subramanian rejected a request Tuesday by Combs’ attorneys for his conviction to be overturned entirely, dismissing claims that Combs had acted as an amateur pornographer who wasn’t engaging in prostitution and that the verdict violated his First Amendment rights.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Demoting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demoting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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