Example Sentences

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The next circle is the CDC’s own reputation, which Kennedy has relegated to the dumpster.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

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

Although the series has relegated her music to appearances on chamber programs far from the main stage, she looms over her husband’s major works.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Man, in his blindness, has relegated intuition to obscurity; has neglected the cunning of the left hand and debauched the pure love of the divine state.

From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.