as in reduces
to diminish the price or value of
normally, significant damage would devalue an antique
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Recent Examples of devalues
There’s a common misconception that automation devalues human work—or that AI will simply put everyone out of work.
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Shyam Ravindranathan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In the current format, labeling the FedEx Cup winner as the tour champion devalues a season’s worth of play.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Finding the same class elsewhere for free devalues the site.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Shyam Ravindranathan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In the current format, labeling the FedEx Cup winner as the tour champion devalues a season’s worth of play.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Finding the same class elsewhere for free devalues the site.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalues
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This not only reinforces clarity, but also reduces the reliance on employees having to scribble notes word for word to decode later.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Devalues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalues. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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