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

Some people thought the museum was devaluing the sacrifice of Dutch resistance fighters.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

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

After considerable diplomatic verbiage, he came to the news that France was devaluing her franc.

From Time Magazine Archive