relegate
verb (used with object)
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
relegates
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present tense formof relegate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Still, workers clearly have some time before AI relegates them to the permanent underclass.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 4, 2026
In my opinion that all but relegates Wolves now.
From BBC β Oct. 26, 2025
Apple TV+ is so far down the list of streamers by watch time that Nielsen relegates it to the “other streaming” category of a pie chart.
From Slate β Jan. 16, 2025
The drafting of Jaxon Smith-Njigba likely relegates Eskridge to being the fourth receiver.
From Seattle Times β Jul. 22, 2023
A rationalism which relegates implication to the indefinables cannot present the process of modern science.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
