as in to reduce
to bring to a lower grade or rank
several noncommissioned officers had been disrated
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Here are recommendations for maintaining safety during a thunderstorm: To reduce the chance of being struck by lightning, when venturing outside, have a plan to get to a safer area.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025 -
Yerevan has since sought to diversify its defense sources, reducing arms imports from Russia to as low as 10 percent by 2024.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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A bit of mordant familial humor held that the Great Depression had hit the year before, and the family had been demoted, but the new categorization was more likely the product of the family’s changing structure.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Hobbs helped conduct that probe, which concluded that he and other employees had been retaliated against by the district’s special education director; as a result, the board demoted four administrators.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2025
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“Disrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrate. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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