as in reducing
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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Recent Examples of demoting As far as Williams, the Mets aren’t considering demoting him. —
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026 Chennai buckled down Kolkata to 36-2 in the power play despite Ajinkya Rahane demoting himself down the order after the skipper struggled to give his team strong starts. —ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026 Senior officials have discussed promoting Dhillon to one of the top department roles, while demoting Woodward, the sources added. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 Absent a lawsuit, which could be lengthy, Johnson’s options for actually removing Pettigrew could be trickier than merely demoting Brewer, however. —Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026 In late January, the president put border czar Tom Homan in charge of the crackdown, effectively demoting the Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 Tampa Bay gave up on Bradley at age 24, demoting him to the minors in his third MLB season and trading him to the Twins at last year’s deadline. —Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Once Watson and Gordon are both back, Watson will probably be coming off the bench for the first time since mid-November, unless Adelman wants to make a more dramatic change by demoting someone from his starting lineup. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026 The Times is considering demoting the SilverZone to the BronzeZone. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026 Chennai buckled down Kolkata to 36-2 in the power play despite Ajinkya Rahane demoting himself down the order after the skipper struggled to give his team strong starts. —ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026 Senior officials have discussed promoting Dhillon to one of the top department roles, while demoting Woodward, the sources added. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 Absent a lawsuit, which could be lengthy, Johnson’s options for actually removing Pettigrew could be trickier than merely demoting Brewer, however. —Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026 In late January, the president put border czar Tom Homan in charge of the crackdown, effectively demoting the Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 Tampa Bay gave up on Bradley at age 24, demoting him to the minors in his third MLB season and trading him to the Twins at last year’s deadline. —Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Once Watson and Gordon are both back, Watson will probably be coming off the bench for the first time since mid-November, unless Adelman wants to make a more dramatic change by demoting someone from his starting lineup. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026 The Times is considering demoting the SilverZone to the BronzeZone. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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MacRumors thinks this could end up reducing the thickness of the iPhone’s display stack while improving brightness and minimizing power use.— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
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The Airhart ethos is focused on reducing the cognitive drain on the pilot.— David Szondy April 25, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2026
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After vacating the conviction, the judge took the additional step of dismissing the murder charge against Martinez, ending the criminal case against him entirely.— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
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Before dismissing this activity or just trying to get through it, recognize your tendency to view nearly everything as a situation from which to extricate yourself as quickly and painlessly as possible.— Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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