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devalues

  • present tense form
    of devalue (3rd person singular).
    devalue
    verb (used with object)
    to deprive of value; reduce the value of.

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A pack of cards made up exclusively of jokers would be useless, just as a society that devalues the individual would be inert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"When it is so easy to create simple apps, like a habit tracker or a quiz, it devalues them," Goldberg says.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

Wars are financed by borrowing and printing money which devalues debt and fiat currency.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 16, 2026

If AI devalues knowledge, it undermines the US equity market’s advantage and its S&P 500’s 21x forward earnings.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

He idealizes his beaus and then devalues them.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin