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Recent Examples of devaluation
Conveniently, this system would also make the United States the world’s economic center of gravity and prevent currency devaluations that could harm American exports.
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Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The multiple crises of the Birr’s devaluation, surging inflation, a foreign exchange scarcity, and the 2020-2022 war in the northern Tigray region, only added to the underlying challenge of setting up in a relatively closed economy.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The larger issue is the devaluation of money, and gold has provided a hedge against this issue throughout history.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2025
While the grandiose gestures may seem romantic and well-intentioned, love bombing is almost always followed by devaluation and criticism.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 July 2025
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Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The multiple crises of the Birr’s devaluation, surging inflation, a foreign exchange scarcity, and the 2020-2022 war in the northern Tigray region, only added to the underlying challenge of setting up in a relatively closed economy.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The larger issue is the devaluation of money, and gold has provided a hedge against this issue throughout history.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2025
While the grandiose gestures may seem romantic and well-intentioned, love bombing is almost always followed by devaluation and criticism.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devaluation
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This plug design prevents the palladium from shrinking or clumping at high heat—the degradation that limits conventional films.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Though the ancient species once soared over most of the continent, by the mid-20th century, the population of condors had dramatically declined due to habitat degradation, lead poisoning, shooting and the use of DDT pesticide.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Americans have this year grappled with elevated inflation, as well as a deterioration of the job market and a broader weakening of the nation’s economic outlook.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The median age of survival since 1970 is 29 years and, while there is no cure and physical deterioration is inevitable, advancements in care have lengthened life expectancy.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hurricane center forecasters said additional strengthening is expected before weakening begins by the middle of this week.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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For another, there’s the DESI data, our best large-scale structure data at present, which seems to slightly favor the presence of evolving (and, in particular, decaying or weakening) dark energy.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Oct. 2025
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According to Hanke, Milei’s big loss in the Buenos Aires contest and the acceleration in the peso’s decline confirmed the Money Doctor’s warning that the inevitable lure for mismanaging the peso was Milei’s Achilles’ heel.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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But Burke expects that public schools will see dramatic enrollment declines fueled by both demographic and policy changes.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps the most recent and high-profile is the infamous falling out between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British Royal Family.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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The two men became friends, or at least acquaintances, in the late 1980s and had a falling out in 2004.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its decay produces flashes of light in the detector that can mimic potential dark matter signals.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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These radioisotopes spontaneously transform into different elements and release radiation – energetic particles or light – in a process called radioactive decay.—
Andrea Richard,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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And, based on MRI scans taken at the beginning and end of the study, the intervention group appeared to have slower degeneration of cartilage in their knees.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration describes FTD as a group of brain disorders caused by degeneration of the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain that affect behavior, language and movement, according to The Associated Press.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Retail investors should stay the course on Apple stock despite a new Wall Street downgrade , according to Jim Cramer.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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All Ravens deserve an obvious fantasy downgrade, but Baltimore’s infrastructure won’t allow for a full collapse like in Cincinnati.—
Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Devaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devaluation. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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