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as in demoted
to bring to a lower grade or rank
increased automation resulted in many jobs in the factory being downgraded
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as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
the company's filing for Chapter 11 downgraded the stock to the point where it was selling for pennies a share
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Recent Examples of downgraded
If you are downgraded to a lower class, you are entitled to a refund for the price difference.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The analyst earlier this month downgraded Apple to underperform, noting overly lofty expectations for the company’s next iPhone .
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Already labored by national debt levels around double the European target, in September the French economy was downgraded by credit ratings agency Fitch.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
During the past seven seasons, as the Colorado Rockies have downgraded from contender to also-ran to laughingstock, rival executives have spoken about the franchise with a blend of derision and curiosity.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The analyst earlier this month downgraded Apple to underperform, noting overly lofty expectations for the company’s next iPhone .
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Already labored by national debt levels around double the European target, in September the French economy was downgraded by credit ratings agency Fitch.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
During the past seven seasons, as the Colorado Rockies have downgraded from contender to also-ran to laughingstock, rival executives have spoken about the franchise with a blend of derision and curiosity.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Lynch was demoted after making just four of his 10 attempts, missing a potential game-winning 33-yard field goal in the Spartans’ 16-14 loss to Central Michigan and two kicks from less than 30 yards in SJSU’s 30-29 loss to Stanford.—
Aaron Johnson,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Rank-and-file Black workers were also blocked from promotions, demoted, reassigned, or fired outright.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Kent State was reduced to a single photo because the press was far more centralized at the time, and had the power and the influence to edit, curate, and promote a particular version of an event.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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But as water became scarce in the American Southwest, the allocation to Imperial Valley farmers was reduced, overflow stopped, and the Salton Sea started drying up.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Downgraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downgraded. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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