as in to reduce
to bring to a lower grade or rank several noncommissioned officers had been disrated

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    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Funding used in high school for more than 29 credit hours will reduce scholarship eligibility after high school by one year, and more than 59 credit hours will reduce eligibility by two years.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • While the case garnered global acclaim, Captain Terauchi was demoted to a desk job for ’embarrassing’ the airline, only to be reinstated later.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Royals will need to decide which player will be demoted to make room.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Disrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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