devalue
verb (used with object)
was devaluing
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past progressiveof devalue.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"It was devaluing her as a personality, saying that no-one cares about her," Svitlana says.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
For example, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, announced with almost no explanation in August 2015 that it was devaluing the country’s currency, the renminbi, by nearly 2 percent.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
“People told him that constantly, that he was devaluing the work because he was doing so many things. But he stuck to his guns and managed to do it all spectacularly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2018
Mr. Carlson suggested that the president was devaluing his own words.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2017
After a down-to-the-hearthside preamble explaining Britain's economic plight, Sir Stafford came to the sensational core of his message: Britain was devaluing the pound from $4.03 to $2.80.
From Time Magazine Archive
