as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
normally, significant damage would devalue an antique
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Recent Examples of devalue
Years of heavy money printing has devalued the currency so dramatically that the government’s latest budget ran into the quadrillions of rials.
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Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
The technology also seems to devalue the hard work, skill, and knowledge that flesh-and-blood musicians take pride in—and threaten the livelihoods of those musicians.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
But both the city and the developer, BH3 Merrimac, have explained that an existing long-term lease between the city and the developers devalues the land significantly.
—Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
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Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
The technology also seems to devalue the hard work, skill, and knowledge that flesh-and-blood musicians take pride in—and threaten the livelihoods of those musicians.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
But both the city and the developer, BH3 Merrimac, have explained that an existing long-term lease between the city and the developers devalues the land significantly.
—Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalue
reduce
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During his January 2025 State of the State address, Little called for tax cuts that could reduce the state’s general fund by about $100 million.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
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To reduce sizes, builders are going back to open floor plans with fewer hallways.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalue. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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