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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Tony Dungy, especially like Tony Dungy himself, to say that (expressing shock at John Harbaugh’s firing).—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026 -
So the firings of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and the Ravens’ Harbaugh have injected some juice into a Giants search that previously threatened to cast as wide and arbitrary a net as last year’s ridiculous Jets process.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The plant will focus on advanced packaging, which involves combining multiple memory chips into a single, high-density unit to improve performance and energy efficiency while reducing overall size.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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The team achieved a 20 percent reduction in turbine weight per megawatt compared to the industry average, assisting with installation while also reducing costs.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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No government or business likes a bond downgrade.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2026
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Nike caught a downgrade from a Wall Street firm — a move Jim Cramer dismissed as pointless.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But demoting Kelly requires an administrative process known as officer grade determination, which by law makes its decisions based on an officer's conduct while on active duty.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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Highways, viaducts, giant interchanges, and a major Metro junction viciously mutilated São Paulo’s downtown in the 1960s and ’70s, demoting it from a popular residential area to a commercial transfer hub, overcrowded and polluted by day but forlorn by night.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors noted that after receiving the money, the defendants filed loan forgiveness applications containing further inaccuracies, which led to the dismissal of some debt.—
Chase Jordan
January 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The company strips out nonessential systems and designs each component around mass reduction.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, city leaders said the strategy has driven the recent crime reduction.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If the investigation were to find just cause for discipline, the superintendent also could recommend to the School Board other forms of discipline, such as a suspension or a demotion.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Whitt was dismissed, which was not surprising given his earlier demotion and just how bad Washington's defense was this season.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Disrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrating. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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