Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disvaluing
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That pattern — local districts rejecting or minimizing antisemitism complaints, followed by state reversals and orders to change course — appears again and again across the Bay Area in California Department of Education documents obtained by Bay Area News Group.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026 -
This higher specific impulse could dramatically reduce transit times to Mars, minimizing astronauts’ exposure to microgravity and cosmic radiation, both of which pose health risks over long periods.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Last week started with the big banks delivering strong earnings and ended with regional lenders writing off bad loans.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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The mistake is writing off these sayings as coach speak.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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But Kelly’s statements were not made while on active duty, and were not disparaging.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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In past election cycles, city leaders who were finalists for the event lobbed insults at one another, disparaging one another from across the country for a chance at the prestigious selection.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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The past three Fed chairs—Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke, and Alan Greenspan—alongside a bipartisan coalition of top economic officials released a statement today decrying the move against Powell.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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On campuses in multiple cities, students have clashed with security forces as slogans decrying Iran’s acute economic anxiety give way to calls for regime change and wider national progress.—
Rafi Schwartz,
TheWeek,
2 Jan. 2026
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Kerkorian came to discover that content libraries, no matter how storied, function as a depreciating asset.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Iran's theocracy faces a growing squeeze from the country's rapidly depreciating rial currency and economic sanctions imposed due to Tehran's nuclear program.—
NASSER KARIMI,
Arkansas Online,
14 Dec. 2025
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Squidward's entire existence is a joke about hating your job, and that's not exactly preschool material.—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
4 Jan. 2026
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Once his grandfather, Santa Claus (Jan Decleir), falls ill, his holiday-hating grandson Jules (Mo Bakker) must take the reins as Father Christmas in this Dutch film.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti could always cheer himself up by belittling William Morris.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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Pritchard is taking over for interim head coach Frank Reich, who replaced Troy Taylor in the spring after Taylor was dismissed for allegations of bullying and belittling staff.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
29 Nov. 2025
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The internet personality was particularly known for satirical skits and deprecating humor, earning a Shorty Award and several Streamy Award nominations.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
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The 45-year-old actor has always projected a sort of likable, hunky lunkhead persona, giving the movies their equivalent of the campus jock that secretly had a sly sense of self-deprecating humor and theater-department chops.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Disvaluing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disvaluing. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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