Example Sentences

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Saving pesos when inflation is this high means your savings will devalue quickly.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

Others worry that the technology will devalue artists’ livelihoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Argentines have, however, for decades assumed high inflation will devalue any savings and turned to safe-haven dollars, a trend economists, investors and officials have struggled to explain - or solve.

From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2021

There is the valid concern a heavy focus on remakes and reboots will devalue the original ideas of black screenwriters and directors.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2019

Homeowners worry the towers will devalue their properties and disrupt their bucolic way of life.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2018