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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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.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In other debt crises in history, the local currency has often been significantly devalued.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
When the team moved from Montreal, the Orioles argued that Washington was inside the Orioles’ commercial footprint and that a second team so close could devalue Baltimore’s territorial broadcast rights.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Trump said tariffs were easier to impose than haggling with China or Japan over devaluing their currencies, which would lead to higher trade deficits with those countries.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In other debt crises in history, the local currency has often been significantly devalued.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
When the team moved from Montreal, the Orioles argued that Washington was inside the Orioles’ commercial footprint and that a second team so close could devalue Baltimore’s territorial broadcast rights.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Trump said tariffs were easier to impose than haggling with China or Japan over devaluing their currencies, which would lead to higher trade deficits with those countries.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Devalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devalue. Accessed 2 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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