relegates

present tense third-person singular of relegate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of relegates The move relegates longtime Renegades starter Luis Perez to the bench. José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026 Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026 Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children. Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 Unfortunately, the rush to capitalize on AI’s potential often relegates security to an afterthought. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025 But that’s not true of the Echo Show, which smartly relegates the screen to secondary importance. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024 The move relegates Miller Moss to a reserve role after nine uneven starts this season. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024 That pretty much relegates it to the back of the big mixed border in the garden. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relegates
Verb
  • Mary appears to have a form of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, until chemotherapy, following a diagnosis of lymphoma, banishes her psychiatric symptoms.
    Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The Davines Heart of Glass Silkening Shampoo is a toning shampoo for blonde and gray hair that gently clarifies and banishes brassiness.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The development bank classifies a country as upper-middle-income if its 2025 GNI per capita fell between $4,636 and $14,375.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • The World Health Organization classifies alcohol as a Group 1 carcinogen, – the same category as tobacco and asbestos.
    Emma Fenske, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • This practice exiles him completely from the realm of literary fiction; some might even question whether Patterson is really a writer.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • What distinguishes Vacanza in the landscape of luxury niche perfumery is its refusal of escapism as mere fantasy.
    Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Instead of using a human-like face, UMA has equipped the humanoid with a neutral visor that clearly distinguishes it from a person.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • SpaceX now ranks among the world's most valuable public companies.
    Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • Calabria ranks last among Italy’s 20 regions in public healthcare access, according to the health ministry.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The research angle is what separates lasting habits from short-term aesthetics.
    Allison Palmer July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • The approach also introduces a computer architecture inspired by today’s digital computers that separates processing and memory.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Jakarta, meanwhile, is hoping not to move — there’s a risk the index provider categorizes it as a Frontier Market from an Emerging Market.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 June 2026
  • To Be Whole,' which teaches that the United States was founded on 'white supremacy' and categorizes individuals as 'oppressors' and 'oppressed' based only on their skin color, not their individual decisions and actions.
    Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Skyline Media distributes more than 800 foreign films and represents more than 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles as sales agent, with a reach spanning more than 50 countries and territories through upward of 130 partnerships.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • Unless the settlement fund is established and distributes payments, that scenario is unlikely.
    Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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“Relegates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relegates. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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