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Opponents say the changes will debase the 850-year-old cathedral and disturb the harmony of its Gothic design.

From New York Times Dec. 10, 2021

“But if you attach the claim of national security to many of your domestic policy preferences, you will debase the coinage.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2017

The fear in the intellectual marketplace, as in the mercantile one, is always that cheap currency will debase good.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now turn to the womanhood picture; she, whom you think will debase and lower the morals of the elections.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Can a true woman love a man who lacks principle—who will sacrifice honour for a few paltry dollars—who will debase himself for gain—whose gross sensuality suffocates all high, spiritual love?

From Finger Posts on the Way of Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)