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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
Wedbush downgraded Builders FirstSource on limited upside.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 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
After initially being ruled questionable, the Chiefs later downgraded him to out for the rest of the game.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena, the latter of which was downgraded from a hurricane on Thursday, are two separate weather systems simultaneously moving through the Pacific Ocean, though in different directions.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
The residential area between Sands and Deer Valley roads was downgraded to an evacuation warning.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Staci Ibarra, another warden who left the department in May — after she was put on administrative leave in the wake of an inmate’s death — assailed a practice in which maximum security inmates had their classification downgraded.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 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
After initially being ruled questionable, the Chiefs later downgraded him to out for the rest of the game.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena, the latter of which was downgraded from a hurricane on Thursday, are two separate weather systems simultaneously moving through the Pacific Ocean, though in different directions.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
The residential area between Sands and Deer Valley roads was downgraded to an evacuation warning.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Staci Ibarra, another warden who left the department in May — after she was put on administrative leave in the wake of an inmate’s death — assailed a practice in which maximum security inmates had their classification downgraded.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downgraded
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Jerome Ford is not a feature back and should be demoted once Judkins proves capable at pass protection and blitz pickups after missing all of training camp.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Many coup backers are simply demoted or purged from the government without facing trial or execution.—
Joe Wright,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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Among other policy changes, the bill brought back 2017 tax cuts, increased funding for deportation efforts and reduced who is eligible for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).—
Avalon Hester,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, the length of time the computer takes to respond is within the designer's control, and its perception can be reduced by giving prompt and accurate feedback, even if the operation's actual execution time is longer.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Downgraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downgraded. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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