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“The Benson Center has debased the standards of this institution with the annual appointment of visiting scholars who frequently champion harmful language and actions — including attending the January 6 insurrection,” the petition adds.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2022

Rapid growth, especially in the past decade, has debased much restaurant cooking, drowning the tastes and textures of dishes like fish-fragrant eggplant in gobs of acrid chili, oil and monosodium glutamate.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2016

But there are millions of other Italians, both male and female, who believe the media mogul's personal life has debased women, making Italy a laughing stock, and that he should now stand aside.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2011

Ghostwriting has debased the intellectual currency in circulation," snapped Justice Robert Jackson, "and is a type of counterfeiting which invites no defense.

From Time Magazine Archive

Am I to hear,' he asked with honest indignation, 'that one of you has debased himself to an apology?'

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew