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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cheapen .
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Examples
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The name calling cheapens the process, why not stop it?
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The name calling cheapens the process, why not stop it?
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Sometimes adding more words than just that one word cheapens what you're trying to express.
"Into a light that lingers." greygirlbeast 2010
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Yet that pejorative cheapens a DRAMA Precocious Anna (Abigail Breslin) takes her parents, including Sara (Cameron Diaz) to family court in "My Sister's Keeper."
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Yet that pejorative cheapens a Just after the screen went dark at the screening I attended of "My Sister's Keeper," someone nearby let out a loud sigh.
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You might get away with calling it a smart action movie, but I would steer away from such a classification because it kind of cheapens the film.
Archive 2010-06-01 2010
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You might get away with calling it a smart action movie, but I would steer away from such a classification because it kind of cheapens the film.
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I have definitely come across authors who do not allow me to change anything in their manuscripts, except a few minor grammatical things, which as a developmental editor it kind of cheapens the purpose for my partnering with them.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: the Non-edit clause 2010
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To my absolute astonishment, I have received dozens of emails, several txt messages and a couple of direct tweets telling me that the: 11 seconds of commercial messaging "cheapens" MediaBytes.
A Serious Online Video Advertising Problem - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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It kind of cheapens the whole star wars trilogy, but its hella funny.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Did you know that 3P0 and R2 were on Sesame Street? 2006
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