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Recent Examples of devaluation
Venezuela’s currency, the Bolívar, has suffered a sharp devaluation.
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
All the while, an agricultural boom set off by Richard Nixon’s 1972 devaluation of the dollar collided with stratospheric interest rates of Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker’s tight money hitting unprecedented deficits in Ronald Reagan’s borrow and spend years.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
Gold has been a prized asset for over 5,000 years and today is seen as a hedge against inflation, currency devaluation, and geopolitical shocks.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
However, currency devaluation and lower inflation in Argentina took a bite out of sales.
—Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
All the while, an agricultural boom set off by Richard Nixon’s 1972 devaluation of the dollar collided with stratospheric interest rates of Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker’s tight money hitting unprecedented deficits in Ronald Reagan’s borrow and spend years.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
Gold has been a prized asset for over 5,000 years and today is seen as a hedge against inflation, currency devaluation, and geopolitical shocks.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
However, currency devaluation and lower inflation in Argentina took a bite out of sales.
—Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devaluation
Noun
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That selectivity creates a stable interface and avoids many of the degradation pathways that plague liquid-electrolyte cells.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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Scarce arable land and soil degradation further constrain food production.—
Mark Banchereau,
Fortune,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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With the deterioration and rise of crime in South Beach in the late 1970s, as well as inflation and the shrinking tourist business, the Famous was forced to close in 1981.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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While analysts do not expect the rift to escalate into direct conflict, even a limited deterioration could carry far-reaching consequences.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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While the economy has been resilient for the most part, any weakening in 2026 could have an outsize effect on more price-sensitive consumers and, therefore, airlines that are more exposed to coach-class domestic travel, like lower-cost carriers.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
2 Jan. 2026
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One is the weakening of the American economy.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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Wholesale market prices for milk, cheese and butter have been lower than normal for about a year, but had more of a significant decline in the past six months, Cain said.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
9 Jan. 2026
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Today, similar prudence animates concerns about NATO and broader trans-Atlantic ties in an era when Europe has undergone profound transformations through mass migration, supranational governance, demographic decline, and shifting cultural priorities.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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And this really culminated in a dramatic falling out between Musk and the president.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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The school might be dissatisfied with the team’s performance, believe the players no longer listen to the coach, or maybe there’s a falling out between the coach and the athletic director.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Keep the mulch at least two inches away from woody stems to prevent decay and disease.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Tyranids represent man's fear of the natural world, nature's inexorable ability to overwhelm, decay, and devour all of man's greatest works.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Joints exposed to the extract showed fewer signs of degeneration and better overall health than untreated controls.—
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FOXNews.com,
28 Dec. 2025
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Among this group, the drug has the potential to slow muscle degeneration by targeting SOD1 mRNA, genetic material that tells the body how to make proteins, and reduces the proteins being made.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
22 Dec. 2025
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No government or business likes a bond downgrade.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2026
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Nike caught a downgrade from a Wall Street firm — a move Jim Cramer dismissed as pointless.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Devaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devaluation. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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