relegate
verb (used with object)
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
had relegated
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past perfectof relegate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Brunner wrote that the majority ruling had relegated the court’s constitutional role “to little more than a two-bit player in furthering the delay already embedded in the history of this case.”
From Washington Times β Nov. 28, 2023
Like the ANC, Buthelezi was critical of white minority rule, which had relegated Zulus and other Black South African nations to downsized 'homelands'.
From Reuters β Sep. 16, 2023
The Kraken put enough of them behind stellar Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin to secure a 4-1 victory and snap a three-game skid that had relegated them to fourth place in the Pacific Division.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 1, 2023
It was the second year in a row that Oxnard had relegated its tamale party to a to-go format due to COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 5, 2021
With difficulty Mr. Meech extricated himself from the corner to which the pressure of so many guests had relegated him.
From Sandy by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
