as in reducing
to bring to a lower grade or rank
several noncommissioned officers had been disrated
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrating
Noun
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The correct route onto the island, which is home to an MoD firing range, is via a barrier by QinetiQ’s security office.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026 -
For Bill Self and others who follow Big 12 basketball, a rather quiet Sunday night was interrupted with the news of Jerome Tang’s firing as men’s basketball coach at Kansas State.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Once in place, this will allow staff to care for guests’ most delicate garments while reducing harmful emissions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The downgrade comes after Walmart reported a fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat .—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Selling Robertson and bringing Kostas Tsimikas back from his loan at Roma would have been a serious downgrade.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The former mayor replaced Donlon with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch two months into the job, demoting him to an assistant deputy mayor at City Hall.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Times is considering demoting the SilverZone to the BronzeZone.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Supreme Court is sending the case back to the lower court for dismissal.—
Melissa Repko,Sara Salinas,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department has appealed the dismissal of those prosecutions.—
JESSICA HILL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Eco effort LightStay, Hilton’s award-winning environmental and social impact platform, rigorously tracks and manages energy use, water consumption, waste reduction, and community impact.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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An obvious target would be to have the state pick up the costs of its unfunded mandate to require a reduction in class size in New York City.—
Paul Francis,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The demotion may have been an in-season wake-up call, but the season, as a whole, was an inflection point.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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For staff and faculty, disciplinary actions can include termination, demotion and salary reduction, per the law.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Disrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrating. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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