as in reduced
to bring to a lower grade or rank
the court-martial's decision was to demote the officer responsible for the failed mission
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The legislation created a formal legal basis for discriminating against non-Jews and demoted the status of the Arab language, which until then had been an official language in Israel.
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Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Foreign experts can be swiftly deported or politely asked to leave, and local ones can be demoted with virtually no explanation.
—Calvert W. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Foreign experts can be swiftly deported or politely asked to leave, and local ones can be demoted with virtually no explanation.
—Calvert W. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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“Demoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demoted. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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