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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of devaluate.

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Examples

  • The first quarter we started to see some markets, actually, where currency had devaluated very strongly.

    CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2009 2009

  • When the government of Sri Lanka began their (apparently) final onslaught against the LTTE in recent months, like many, I, too, felt that perhaps finally the day of reckoning was at hand for a violent cult that had devaluated human life, even amongst its own people.

    The Death of Prabhakaran and the Fate of Populist Movements 2009

  • He started printing money to cover the credit crunch — all of which has devaluated the dollar to a point where commodities like food and petroleum have risen to unprecedented levels creating inflation.

    The Sad State of Our Republic 2008

  • It was a campaign that promoted fear of difference and devaluated a class of people by degrading their love.

    Paul Raushenbush: Praise God? 2008

  • Now, there are many cases in history where it has proven to be necessary for a government to change a strongly devaluated currency into a more manageable, and stable, currency.

    Would Potemkin be chavista? 2007

  • But Harry reminds all of us how quality of life has degraded under Chavez, how criminality has become so rampant that even your neighborhood pastry shop must request the services of an armed vigilante, with his hand on gun at all time least patrons or shopkeepers get unburdened of their hard earned but devaluated bolivares.

    06/25/2006 - 07/02/2006 2006

  • But Harry reminds all of us how quality of life has degraded under Chavez, how criminality has become so rampant that even your neighborhood pastry shop must request the services of an armed vigilante, with his hand on gun at all time least patrons or shopkeepers get unburdened of their hard earned but devaluated bolivares.

    Friday archives: your pastry shop vigilante 2006

  • "First" useful recovery period of Vargas: From January 15 2000 until February 2002 when the currency is devaluated.

    Chutzpah award of the week 2005

  • "First" useful recovery period of Vargas: From January 15 2000 until February 2002 when the currency is devaluated.

    02/13/2005 - 02/20/2005 2005

  • Faced with a future that includes inflation and a devaluated peso, the fate of Mexico is uncertain, but it is likely in for a time in which many will suffer greatly.

    Zedillo changes his mind 2000

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