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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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Coins like this, which can significantly devalue in a matter of hours, can be distressing introductions to the world of investing.
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Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
After all, as Trump himself has remarked, the Russian economy is under severe strain, with double-digit inflation, a currency which is devaluing, and record deficits.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit accuses the label of promoting defamatory allegations against him to devalue him ahead of those negotiations.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
In 2020, under then-president Trump, the U.S. accused Switzerland of deliberately devaluing its currency against the dollar — an allegation the country’s officials rejected.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
After all, as Trump himself has remarked, the Russian economy is under severe strain, with double-digit inflation, a currency which is devaluing, and record deficits.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit accuses the label of promoting defamatory allegations against him to devalue him ahead of those negotiations.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
In 2020, under then-president Trump, the U.S. accused Switzerland of deliberately devaluing its currency against the dollar — an allegation the country’s officials rejected.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 10 Feb. 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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