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as in banished
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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as in classified
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 relegated
Caden was relegated mostly to pinch hitting.
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Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
They were relegated to the list of general recommendations.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Many associate Baresi with the glory to come, but Milan were sensationally relegated in 1980 for the first time in their history after their owner and a couple of players were implicated in the Totonero betting scandal.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026
In the middle of the 1988 season, the Astros traded Bailey to the Montreal Expos for utility player Casey Candaele and Bailey was relegated to the minor leagues.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Griner out Only one point away from a historic milestone, future Hall of Famer Brittney Griner was relegated to the bench with a rib injury on Monday night.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Burnley and Wolverhampton are getting relegated alongside either West Ham or Tottenham Hotspur.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 May 2026
Other bands of Utes were relegated to land in the southwest corner of the state, where the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute reservations are today.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
My long, cold period of feeling relegated as a writer was over.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
They were relegated to the list of general recommendations.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Many associate Baresi with the glory to come, but Milan were sensationally relegated in 1980 for the first time in their history after their owner and a couple of players were implicated in the Totonero betting scandal.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026
In the middle of the 1988 season, the Astros traded Bailey to the Montreal Expos for utility player Casey Candaele and Bailey was relegated to the minor leagues.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Griner out Only one point away from a historic milestone, future Hall of Famer Brittney Griner was relegated to the bench with a rib injury on Monday night.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Burnley and Wolverhampton are getting relegated alongside either West Ham or Tottenham Hotspur.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 May 2026
Other bands of Utes were relegated to land in the southwest corner of the state, where the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute reservations are today.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
My long, cold period of feeling relegated as a writer was over.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relegated
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But the most important takeaways are that Claudia and Madeline are killed for their role in Lestat’s almost-offing, while Louis is only banished.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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In Nepal, where menstruation stigma still leads some women and girls to be banished to mud huts during their periods, reusable cups have been life-changing.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Chlorine gas is poisonous and classified as a pulmonary irritant that has a distinct odor.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Interestingly, depending on the data provider, the stock is often classified as either an industrial or a technology/software company.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Instead, it was exiled after one season because of poor ratings.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Any executive shopping Makar should be exiled to Ogallala.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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China is North Korea’s top economic lifeline, accounting for the vast majority of the country’s foreign trade, and has long ranked as Pyongyang’s most important diplomatic partner.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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That year, Georgia was ranked as the worst-performing state in a Postal Service service performance report for the second quarter of 2024 that tracked transit time for mail delivery.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Lots of presidents have deported migrants who are here unlawfully, but Trump has made a show of sending some to a foreign prison notorious for abusing inmates.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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The live-in au pair, 25-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhaes of Brazil, with whom prosecutors said Banfield was having an affair, separately pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, after which she will be deported, Fairfax County prosecutors said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Here is where those rooms are, grouped by the asset class each one serves, with every date checked against the organizer.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The women who flocked to Jung are sometimes grouped together condescendingly as Jungfrauen (Jung women), and in some ways Fröbe-Kapteyn might fall into this category of groupies.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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Sometimes distinguished by their spots, male channel cats can be mostly black or dark blue on their upper body during spawning season.—
Ken Perrotte,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Implicit in Schulze’s remark is what distinguished the Hairy Who from their Pop counterparts on the East Coast.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Each person held their sarongs in different ways, over both shoulders or draped on one, around their necks, balled up in a fist, placed neatly on a lap.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Next week’s launch would have been only New Glenn’s fourth, after its third flight on April 19 placed a satellite for the company AST SpaceMobile in an orbit that was lower than planned because of a malfunction of the rocket’s second stage.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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“Relegated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relegated. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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