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He also brought up the South Carolina lawmaker’s willingness to debase himself for campaign cash during his other Fox interviews.
Tucker Mocks Lindsey Graham’s ‘Fundraising’ Fox Interviews: ‘It’s Political Televangelism’|Justin Baragona|September 2, 2021|The Daily Beast
If we believe that moral leadership can improve a country, it follows that immoral leadership can debase it.
There’s nothing conservative about CPAC|Michael Gerson|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
This opportunism debases the information ecology by destroying our capacity to trust sources of knowledge or share beliefs about what is true, which in turn destroys our capacity for good decision making.
Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed. Here’s how.|Gideon Lichfield|January 10, 2021|MIT Technology Review
They’ve turned to quick fixes such as click-bait listicles and dubious news stories — the types of insubstantial, low-quality content that grabs attention on social at the cost of debasing society.
With quality content, publishers can overcome the ‘tyranny of choice’|Duration Media|October 1, 2020|Digiday

Instead, I endeavored to strive even harder so that I would not debase his legacy.
If You Grow Up Indian-American, College Graduation Isn’t Enough|Anita Raghavan|May 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Both are harmful, but the debt route is a less visible way to debase the currency.
Obama's Reckless, Ridiculous China Policy|John Bolton|February 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But I feel that were I to accept the award, it would ultimately debase the coinage of the medal.
A Prize Too Far|Christopher Buckley|October 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
How dreadfully these puttees and haversacks debase even the most beautiful figures.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
I cannot understand how human beings can so debase themselves.
The Sorrows of Young Werther|J.W. von Goethe
Mr. Belcher had not failed to debauch or debase the moral standard of every man over whom he had any direct influence.
Sevenoaks|J. G. Holland
To call these men statesmen is to debase the name, but they ruled the State, thanks to my Lady Castlemaine.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge
How many debase their bodies to hasten the perfection of their minds, and degrade their character to adorn their understanding!
The Aesthetical Essays|Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for debase

debase

/ (dɪˈbeɪs) /

verb

(tr) to lower in quality, character, or value, as by adding cheaper metal to coins; adulterate

Derived forms of debase

debasedness (dɪˈbeɪsɪdnɪs), noundebasement, noundebaser, noundebasingly, adverb

Word Origin for debase

C16: see de-, base ²

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