verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dismiss, suspend, or demote all or any employees who participate in such strike or violation. 2.
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Her old scarf, purple rayon printed with black flowers, she would demote to second-best.
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It threatens to demote the Brussels institutions, especially the Commission, by setting up an alternative centre of decision-making.
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The aim of semantic processing is to demote word combinations that are not meaningful.
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The remarks followed the company's attempt to demote the men.
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The trouble with this manoeuvre is that it can not help but demote poetry.