How to Use devalue in a Sentence

devalue

verb

• Economic woes forced the government to devalue.
• He argues that placing too many requirements on schools devalues the education they provide.
• The government has decided to devalue its currency.
• And if everyone can slam homers, the home run itself is devalued.
  — The Tylt, OregonLive.com, 3 July 2017
• Curé worries that if more distilleries open up, his license will be devalued.
  — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Sep. 2017
• Yet over time, the airlines have the power to devalue such currency.
  — Sheldon H. Jacobson, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
• Even the would-be signature win at FSU is devalued by the Noles’ off-year.
  — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 30 Oct. 2017
• The purpose here is to devalue the kind of insurance most people will lose under Trumpcare.
  — Brian Beutler, New Republic, 28 June 2017
• Neither your daughter or mine deserves to grow up in a society that devalues their existence for any reason.
  — Jazz Smollett-Warwell, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2017
• And, in general, homers are being devalued while diverse skills are increasing in value.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 12 Oct. 2017
• There’s no truth that, like a car, the stadium devalued as soon as it was used, though it may get knocked down a hunny thou or so just because of the quality of the tour’s clientele.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 25 July 2017
• Irma wreckage, in or around it, will likely devalue the property, which already cut its asking price by 40 percent this summer.
  — Talmon Joseph Smith, GQ, 7 Sep. 2017
• In-N-Out has terrible fries, which devalues the entire experience.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• As debt increases, governments might resort to printing money to address deficits, which can devalue the currency, Wong explained.
  — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
• There’s a practical reason for this: consumer distrust of the investment industry tends to devalue advertising.
  — By Dan Danford, kansascity.com, 28 June 2017
• Mammy was a representation of black female domestic workers who were constantly devalued and exploited for their labor.
  — Brittany Brathwaite, The Root, 28 Oct. 2017
• The Swiss, for their part, have tried to devalue the franc on and off for several years.
  — Brian Blackstone, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
• His stock was devalued to the point the 10th draft pick a year ago cost the Dolphins the 62nd and NFL pennies for his contract this draft.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 June 2019
• This is not a case of devaluing the product by giving it away.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• And the importance of MLS in the sports landscape can no longer be devalued.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Many of those spoke out and felt dismissed or devalued.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2023
• And more to the point — what drove those comedians to devalue themselves in the first place?
  — J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
• But Nissan walked away in March, devaluing Fisker's stock price even further in the process.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 May 2024
• But there are changes each year, mostly to devalue your points or to extract more fees — or both.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
• TrackMan rewards the lazy catcher, the bad receiver, and devalues the good receivers, and that’s a big part of the game.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 July 2019
• Don’t sell yourself short; know your worth and refuse to let anyone devalue you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
• To let Garrett off with a slap on the wrist would devalue their discipline.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Since the Trump era, the currency has devalued by 20% because of inflation in the last five years.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• The result was a 2018 Grammys that postured at trendy wokeness while devaluing the artists who have the most to say about our times.
  — Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
• Doing so would devalue the Hanson buck, hence the agreement.
  — Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024