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• v  assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  She was demoted because she always speaks up

• Big changes are in the works that will demote computers and their operating systems to the status of TV sets.
• This past summer's vote to demote by the International Astronomical Union was merely a formality.
• Whistle-blower Bunnatine (Bunny) Greenhouse, the most senior civilian contracting official in the Army Corps of Engineers, is battling the Army's attempt to demote her after she .

• bump
• relegate
• break
• kick downstairs

• promote

News & Articles

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• Cardinals crush Mets as misery continues
  Just demote the whole damn team to Las Vegas. Ike Davis or no Ike Davis, the Mets are a sorry sight and fading fast. But at least they’re finished losing to the Marlins. Last night it was the NL Central-leading Cardinals putting the hurt on this miserable bunch, scoring...
  June 12, 2013 - New York Post
• Make Web sites mobile-friendly or face Google search wrath
  Google says it plans to demote Web sites in mobile search results if they don't work properly on mobile devices. That's a powerful incentive. Originally posted at News - Internet & Media
  June 11, 2013 - CNET
• Mets demote Davis, Baxter, Carson after loss
  BC-BBN8212Mets, 1st Ld-Writethru,909Mets demote Davis, Baxter, Carson after lossAP Photo NYM119, NYM117, NYM118Eds Marlins 8, Mets 4, 10 innings. Updates with players to be called up from minors. With AP Photos.By RONALD BLUMAP Sports Writer
  June 10, 2013 - Times Leader

Quotes

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• Kei Igawa in SI.com
  I want to emphasize on basics,Igawa said through a translator. "I knew with the Yankees if you don't show the results up here in the major leagues, the Yankees demote you to the minors. I knew that before I signed."
• Steve Spurrier in TheBigSpur.com (registration)
  Garrett got pulled off the first team after the first play of inside,Spurrier said. "I think he missed a block. We're not afraid to demote them quickly."
• Dover Samuels in Stuff.co.nz
  If you're going to demote him, demote on the basis of credibility, of whether he can do his job or not, or whether there was a deliberate misappropriation,Samuels said. "But what I'm seeing is that they're going to haul him over the coals...