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 Justice Department has fired at least four prosecutors who were involved in prosecutions under the FACE Act during the Biden administration, a government official familiar with the firings told CBS News.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Garner took over the Astros midway through the 2004 season after the firing of Jimy Williams and led them to a 48-26 record the rest of the way.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The station initially bridged the sudden budget gap last year by reaching out to donors directly and reducing costs to bring down overhead.—
Savannah Sicurella,
AJC.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The ship suffered substantial damage, and the Reagan administration retaliated by damaging or sinking three Iranian warships and three oil platforms, drastically reducing Tehran’s ability to engage in the gulf.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The software company fell 7% after a downgrade from UBS from buy to neutral.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Many factors can contribute to a significant score downgrade, including a history of opening up multiple new credit lines.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Senior officials have discussed promoting Dhillon to one of the top department roles, while demoting Woodward, the sources added.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Absent a lawsuit, which could be lengthy, Johnson’s options for actually removing Pettigrew could be trickier than merely demoting Brewer, however.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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The incident happened during dismissal in a Millard Lefler Middle School hallway on Tuesday, April 7, a spokesperson for the school confirmed to PEOPLE on Thursday, April 9.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Justice Department has appealed the Oregon, California and Michigan dismissals.—
Rebecca Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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In a reply posted Saturday, Bier said aggregation accounts saw their payouts cut by 40% in the most recent cycle, with an additional 20% reduction planned for the next one.—
Austin Mullen,
NBC news,
12 Apr. 2026
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The mayor went on at length about the need to find cost efficiencies and reductions.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Suleyman's 'demotion' With Copilot struggling to win over users, Microsoft said two weeks ago that Mustafa Suleyman, the former co-founder of AI lab DeepMind who had been running Copilot development for consumers, will focus on building AI models.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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The change is the most important yet in Rodriguez's cabinet and marks the demotion of a longtime powerbroker who controlled Venezuela's sprawling military.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Disrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrating. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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