Example sentences for: relegated

How can you use “relegated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The imbalance is especially notable given that other significant phenomena--such as the lingering effects of racial oppression in the (recent) past, new eruptions of anti-black prejudice, and so-called "rational" racial discrimination (by which people, without malevolent intent, use black skin as a negative cue)--are relegated to the far margins of discussion.

  • "Just as the country is trying to get out of a recession, Tokyo fears that the yen may be relegated to the rank of a regional currency," it said.

  • Perhaps such curiosities will make the book a collector's item, but whoever wrote the text for it at Kangaroo ought to be relegated to the outback.

  • (Incidentally, Nixon is relegated to Page A2 in today's San Francisco Chronicle , while a story about "pruneburgers"--those would be your basic hamburgers with prunes on top--being tried out in California high school cafeterias gets Page 1 treatment.

  • The speaker's words should never be changed; that is, arse ought not be substituted for ass or vice versa and, if an explanation of an unfamiliar word or phrase is required, it ought to be supplied, even if this must be relegated to a footnote.


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