Example Sentences

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He said Article 4 unfairly gave away control over "what you do with your property" and had devalued his house.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Mr Lee said his medals meant nothing to him and the lack of support he had received had "devalued" them.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

Regent Hadi Makarechian noted that the strong dollar had devalued many foreign currencies, effectively doubling the cost of education for students from some countries, including Mexico, Brazil and Egypt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2019

In Russia, falling oil prices had devalued the ruble by forty-one per cent.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2015

He even had a precedent: Attlee's first Labor government had devalued the pound in 1949.

From Time Magazine Archive