relegate
verb (used with object)
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
has relegated
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present perfectof relegate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Glycerol is mainly derived from the biodiesel industry and cooking oil recycling; its low economic value has relegated it to the status of waste until now.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
He even made Judge Arthur Engoron laugh when he said: "I'm, like, the nongolfer of the family, which has relegated me to the children's table in perpetuity."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
That has relegated Tabor to the third safety role.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
I understand why many older waishengren feel like outsiders, how their sentimental attachment to China and desire to one day unify with the mainland has relegated them to the fringes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
Don't you know yet—haven't you found it out, that simple truth?—that when a man has relegated a living woman to the position of a saint in heaven he has ceased to care about her?
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
