relegate
verb (used with object)
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
have relegated
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present perfectof relegate.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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On one side, near-record home prices and the recent surge in mortgage rates above 7% have relegated buyers to the sidelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
This year, back-to-back losses to Missouri and Georgia have relegated Tennessee to consideration for a lower-tier bowl game.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The unfairness of an economic system that could just as easily have relegated her to a lifetime of unchallenging work and undiscovered abilities sharpened her moral mission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
In previous coalitions, Mr. Netanyahu might have relegated Mr. Ben-Gvir to a less prominent position.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
But not to interrupt and complicate my own exposition by a constant polemic against Kant, I have relegated this to a special appendix.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
