1
as in to banish
to force to leave a country
courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire
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2
as in to classify
to arrange or assign according to type
some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism
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Recent Examples of relegate
It’s relegated to a specific section of the ballpark, where groups can purchase tickets that usually come with a community-specific giveaway.
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Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
The Kennedy Center’s calendar for July and beyond is sparse, with events largely relegated to the weekends.
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Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Elishi said in April 2023 that the Islanders have to make their own beds every morning, though that job was often relegated to the boys.
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Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Fox’s news division, sympathetic to Cornyn’s electability concerns, was relegated to Fox Digital.
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Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for relegate
Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
The Kennedy Center’s calendar for July and beyond is sparse, with events largely relegated to the weekends.
—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Elishi said in April 2023 that the Islanders have to make their own beds every morning, though that job was often relegated to the boys.
—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Fox’s news division, sympathetic to Cornyn’s electability concerns, was relegated to Fox Digital.
—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relegate
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Nothing else is working to banish the creepy specter of Jeffrey Epstein from his life.
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The real promise of the Tick Tock is that the day’s rhythms have been banished from its bright cocoon.
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Yet more than half of its counties are classified as maternity care deserts — areas with no hospital or birth center offering obstetric services and no obstetric clinicians, as defined by the March of Dimes.
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Despite affecting nearly 100,000 Americans, SCD is classified as an orphan disease, defined as a condition that strikes fewer than 200,000 people.
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
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Outdoor recreation has become one of the state's strongest engines of growth, now ranking as Arkansas' second-largest industry behind agriculture.
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This means that compared to other breads, sourdough is low on the glycemic index, a classification system that ranks carbohydrate-rich foods on a scale of 0-100 according to their impact on blood sugar levels.
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The people who already have been given final orders of removal, those are the ones who are most vulnerable to being deported.
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People who are eventually granted asylum can’t be deported.
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The June Bootids tend to be very slow meteors, which helps astronomers distinguish them from other meteors that may appear to originate from a radiant in the same region.
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But in the 1980s, when the species turned up in North Africa, a region that had its own distinct screwworm, scientists needed a way to distinguish between the two, said Cammack, an assistant professor and the state extension specialist at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
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“Relegate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relegate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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