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  • verb Present participle of demote.

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Examples

  • Just for spice, Kevin disagrees although I suspect this is in large part because his wife is hostile to the idea of demoting Pluto, and he values his marriage more than semantics.

    Lean Left » Blog Archive » Pluto Ain’t A Planet 2006

  • But the idea of demoting the poor to sub-citizens is a tendency that's persisted from early voting regulations that required land ownership, up to the current wave of carefully nurtured hatred for the working class.

    Daily Kos 2009

  • I don't know how AFSCME can continue to back her campaign after McEntee demanded she fire Mark Penn after his Colombian Free Trade Agreement debacle and instead of doing precisely that, she went through the charade of "demoting" him, while keeping him on staff and continuing to pay millions of dollars to his firm, Burson Marstellar, which proudly represents union-busters.

    Labor War: Change To Win Hammers AFSCME For "Lying" In "Deplorable" Pro-Hillary Leaflet 2009

  • So at that point I knew it was possible to have something published here, and then to have someone else come along and effectively kill it by "demoting" it off the front page.

    OpEdNews - Diary: People Who Hate OpEdNews 2008

  • So at that point I knew it was possible to have something published here, and then to have someone else come along and effectively kill it by "demoting" it off the front page.

    OpEdNews - Diary: People Who Hate OpEdNews 2008

  • Could that also explain why, after the event, the BBC downplayed Lambert's role, "demoting" him to captain of HMS Cornwall?

    Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007

  • I've always liked Dermot, but then again I like everyone, so it was funny that both press officers from the FA and Premier League were playing in the game today - which allowed Dermot to quiz them on how the 'demoting' story leaked out.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Kerron Cross 2005

  • Making sure that this is a full band, each of the other band members (sans Walcott) got a shot at lead vocals on a single tune, "demoting" Oberst to back-up harmonies.

    Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life 2009

  • Some of the savings - such as demoting lieutenants and eliminating one captain's position - do not hinge on the approval of the concessions.

    Chronicle-Telegram 2009

  • The Dem-lead Senate would continue to show their backside by "demoting" him … what happened to working with folks because of their skill sets and not for their party affiliation?

    WordPress.com News 2008

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