DEMOTING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

demoting

verb

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 Biden opted to make South Carolina the Democrats’ first-in-the-nation primary state, advancing Nevada and Michigan in the schedule while dropping Iowa and demoting New Hampshire. —

Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 City Manager Maraskeshia Smith had previously suggested either cutting or demoting 37 current city employees. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026 As far as Williams, the Mets aren’t considering demoting him. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026 Chennai buckled down Kolkata to 36-2 in the power play despite Ajinkya Rahane demoting himself down the order after the skipper struggled to give his team strong starts. —

ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026 Senior officials have discussed promoting Dhillon to one of the top department roles, while demoting Woodward, the sources added. —

Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 In late January, the president put border czar Tom Homan in charge of the crackdown, effectively demoting the Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 Tampa Bay gave up on Bradley at age 24, demoting him to the minors in his third MLB season and trading him to the Twins at last year’s deadline. —

Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Once Watson and Gordon are both back, Watson will probably be coming off the bench for the first time since mid-November, unless Adelman wants to make a more dramatic change by demoting someone from his starting lineup. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026

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But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Although reducing carbon pollution, which stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, is key to tackling the climate crisis, slashing methane has been seen as something of a low-hanging fruit.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 May 2026