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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
Lululemon was downgraded to hold from buy at Needham, where analysts said the competitive environment is too challenging right now and consensus estimates still have room to fall.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Our debt has been downgraded; our triple A rating has been taken away.
—NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
The Patriots downgraded cornerback Christian Gonzalez to out Saturday afternoon.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Most of all, reason was no replacement for the religion—Roman Catholicism—that the Revolution had downgraded and in many cases tried to eliminate through the mass murder of priests and the destruction of churches.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
However, the risk was later downgraded and there were no reports of serious damage.
—James Powel, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
In 2005, the penitentiary was downgraded to medium security, and its name changed to the Federal Correctional Institution.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Major League Baseball downgraded Chapman’s punishment to an undisclosed find, which was also part of the original punishment.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Forecasters are continuing to monitor the progress of the hurricane, currently a Category 2 but expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm in the coming hours.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Our debt has been downgraded; our triple A rating has been taken away.
—NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
The Patriots downgraded cornerback Christian Gonzalez to out Saturday afternoon.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Most of all, reason was no replacement for the religion—Roman Catholicism—that the Revolution had downgraded and in many cases tried to eliminate through the mass murder of priests and the destruction of churches.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
However, the risk was later downgraded and there were no reports of serious damage.
—James Powel, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
In 2005, the penitentiary was downgraded to medium security, and its name changed to the Federal Correctional Institution.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Major League Baseball downgraded Chapman’s punishment to an undisclosed find, which was also part of the original punishment.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Forecasters are continuing to monitor the progress of the hurricane, currently a Category 2 but expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm in the coming hours.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downgraded
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But Old Man Nate’s ascension to the big four means Jawan has been officially demoted to the minor leagues.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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The character is a former tactical officer demoted to patrol by her supervisor after noting his tendencies to avoid any real work to preserve his pension.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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But a House Fiscal Agency report shows that total artificially reduced by the way billions in federal funding is accounted for, by moving Medicaid money to contingency funds where they are not included in the budget total.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal spending on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — another priority for Democrats — will be reduced by more than $1 trillion over the next decade as a result of provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Downgraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downgraded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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