Examples of devalue in a Sentence
The government has decided to devalue its currency.
Economic woes forced the government to devalue.
He argues that placing too many requirements on schools devalues the education they provide.
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Being excluded or devalued activates the same neural pathways as a physical injury.
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Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Political ideologies increasingly devalue health and science.
—Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
Popular culture parodies and hand-wringing headlines devalued this work by constructing influencers as glib and narcissistic.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The former involves stockpiling government issued notes fully aware of how governments have devalued money over the millennia, while the other involves exposure to the very people who drive all wealth creation.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Gillian Oakenfull, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Political ideologies increasingly devalue health and science.
—Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
Popular culture parodies and hand-wringing headlines devalued this work by constructing influencers as glib and narcissistic.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The former involves stockpiling government issued notes fully aware of how governments have devalued money over the millennia, while the other involves exposure to the very people who drive all wealth creation.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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devalue
transitive verb
de·val·ue
(ˌ)dē-ˈval-(ˌ)yü 
devalued; devaluing
1
: to institute the devaluation of (money)
2
: to lessen the value of
devaluing assets
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