as in to degrade
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward
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Recent Examples of subvert
Because of the decentralized electoral system, an individual state does have the power to delay or subvert the process of appointing electors—perhaps by alleging voting irregularities—even in the event of a clear popular-vote victory for a certain candidate in that state.
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Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
René Magritte is best known for his Surrealist masterpieces like The Son of Man (1964), which bend reality and subvert expectations.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Scream approached genre conventions with a meta-awareness and used it to consistently subvert audience expectations.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Fitting for a designer whose ethos focuses on Black, LGBTQIA+ and femme communities by creating clothes that celebrate intersectionality and subvert gender norms.
—Jasper Brown, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
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Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
René Magritte is best known for his Surrealist masterpieces like The Son of Man (1964), which bend reality and subvert expectations.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Scream approached genre conventions with a meta-awareness and used it to consistently subvert audience expectations.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Fitting for a designer whose ethos focuses on Black, LGBTQIA+ and femme communities by creating clothes that celebrate intersectionality and subvert gender norms.
—Jasper Brown, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
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Anything infused with essential oils will have a shorter shelf life; these candles tend to degrade after about two years.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
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That microgravity explains why vision tends to degrade over time, and being in space could result in cognitive declines long-term.Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Helping build a financially ailing Tesla rival into a serious EV competitor would weaken Musk, who played a key role in evicting the Democrats from all branches of government this month.Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
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Russia ruble rout The Russian ruble weakened to 114 against the dollar on Wednesday.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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Rachel: Yes, this is a film about how absolute power corrupts absolutely and how there is no hope of true justice under late capitalism.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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That includes when a campaign staffer accidentally downloads a malicious file or when a hacker corrupts a key data file.Sam Sabin, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Homes, roads and community spaces in the path of Helene have been destroyed.Patricia McIlreavy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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There were no fatalities but two people were seriously injured with severe burns from a powerful explosion Tuesday night that destroyed several condominiums and heavily damaged others in Orion Township, authorities confirmed on Wednesday.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
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To see the reigning English champions humiliated and humbled in such a manner is a very rare event.Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Teeny feels humiliated over the fact that Genevieve left her out of the Sol vote, which is more than understandable.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
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By that time – perhaps only a decade from now, perhaps longer – the dollar may have been debased so badly that one bitcoin might be priced at $1 trillion or more.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Bitcoin’s edge over gold lies in its unparalleled scarcity and technological attributes—a mix between a tech stock and gold that cannot be debased and can settle globally in minutes.Ansel Lindner, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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And many of those deepfake deceptions already live among us, poisoning our digital pathways to connection.Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The anti-corruption campaigner began this book in 2020, while recovering in Berlin from being poisoned with Novichok on a domestic flight in Russia.The Week UK, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024
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Fertilizer Fertilize Christmas cactus monthly June through August with a houseplant fertilizer diluted to half strength.Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
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Stay True to Your Core Values Many luxury brands lean on trendy collaborations or endorsements to remain visible and build their customer base, which can dilute their long-term identity.Julian Hayes II, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Subvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subvert. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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