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Recent Examples of devaluation
Some companies push investors to act immediately, often warning that economic collapse or currency devaluation is imminent and that gold is the only safe option.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
In my view, the key risk of quantitative easing is the potential devaluation of the dollar.
—Reco McCambry, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The pressure has accelerated the devaluation of Iran's currency, the rial.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
But the positional devaluation of running backs does force you to pause for a moment when seeing Love that high.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
In my view, the key risk of quantitative easing is the potential devaluation of the dollar.
—Reco McCambry, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The pressure has accelerated the devaluation of Iran's currency, the rial.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
But the positional devaluation of running backs does force you to pause for a moment when seeing Love that high.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devaluation
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The move was widely seen as an effort to reassure consumers that ultra-fast charging technology would not result in excessive long-term battery degradation.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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But experts believe environmental degradation caused by climate change and human activity is contributing to its spread by allowing the rodents that transmit the virus to thrive in new areas.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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The following month, the Veterans Administration filed a report stating that the Nautilus Veterans Hospital was in a severe state of deterioration, mostly because of the dampness from the sea air, which caused the concrete’s steel rods to rust and give way.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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The switch in alliances has coincided with the rapid deterioration of the security situation in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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These concerns have led to the weakening of the rupee against the dollar, sending it to record lows in recent days.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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But the weakening of that regime weakens the proxies as well.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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Stubbornly high home-loan rates, a decline in the construction of new units, and economic angst are all keeping people and property developers from doing more deals, said Richard Green, director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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With the decline of legacy media, campaigns are increasingly turning to social media personalities like Washington to get their message out and humanize them to voters.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Garnett, who had a falling out with previous owner Glen Taylor after his career was over, reached an agreement last year with the team to serve as an ambassador.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Athletic reported in August that the 47-year-old did not see eye to eye with Forest’s then-head coach Nuno Espirito Santo and there was a falling out that would become the catalyst for the Portuguese coach to leave the club.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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But more than a decade of decay and corruption scandals have created an infrastructure chokepoint.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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Helium-4 is naturally produced in the mantle through the decay of uranium and thorium, so there’s a lot of it.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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In the book, Caputo’s initial pride and arrogance soon give way to a more contemplative spirit, followed by degeneration.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The research team noted that fatty degeneration of the muscle could be clearly seen on MRIs, as streaks of fat replace muscle fibers.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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HubSpot plunged over 20% after delivering a mixed outlook and getting a double downgrade at Bank of America.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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Moody’s cited growing fiscal deficits and rising interest costs as reasons for the downgrade, a situation the agency did not expect to resolve quickly.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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“Devaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devaluation. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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