relegates

verb

present tense third-person singular of relegate
1
as in banishes
to force to leave a country courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire

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2
as in classifies
to arrange or assign according to type some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism

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Recent Examples of relegates By naming the product of two mergers Skydance, David Ellison relegates two of Hollywood’s founding studios to a sub-brand stew and attempts to erase a bunch of controversial hires. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The move relegates longtime Renegades starter Luis Perez to the bench. — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026 Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026 Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children. — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 Unfortunately, the rush to capitalize on AI’s potential often relegates security to an afterthought. — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025 But that’s not true of the Echo Show, which smartly relegates the screen to secondary importance. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024 That pretty much relegates it to the back of the big mixed border in the garden. — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024 Then-Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski relegates Sanders to fourth string on the team’s initial depth chart. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relegates
  1. banishes
  2. classifies
  3. exiles
  4. distinguishes
  5. deports
  6. ranks
  7. separates
  8. groups
Verb
  • New Blood introduces new twists to gameplay to capitalize on that tension; this season, the Traitors have a $15,000 bounty on their heads, money that will be added to the prize pot every time the group banishes one.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • That is why, when Diana falls in love with Lalo, the King simply banishes him.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • The Cook Political Report currently classifies only 22 House campaigns and only seven Senate campaigns as toss-ups, where either the Democrat or the Republican has a genuine chance of winning.
    — Julio Borquez, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Its proprietary platform, Blackbird, reads the documents submitted with an insurance application, classifies the risk and calculates a technical price.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of classifies
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  • This practice exiles him completely from the realm of literary fiction; some might even question whether Patterson is really a writer.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of exiles
Verb
  • The law distinguishes that from being physically helpless or incapacitated by drugs administered without consent.
    — Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But in typical Davies fashion, the five-hour miniseries distinguishes itself for tackling its subject so head on and with such varied and visceral feeling, as manifested especially by Cumming and David Morrissey as a pair of feuding neighbors.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinguishes
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  • The policy guidance applies to agents under Enforcement and Removal Operations, the branch of ICE that detains and ultimately deports undocumented immigrants.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of deports
Verb
  • Walker ranks second in the NFL with 87 rushing attempts this year, on pace for 370 this season.
    — Sam McDowell October 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • While there’s nothing like feeling settled in your new home, the physical act of packing all your stuff (sorting, tossing, and organizing it in boxes) and then unpacking it in another residence ranks somewhere between a root canal and filing taxes.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranks
Verb
  • The Day-One Problem When a business unit separates from its parent, the strategy, customer relationships and distribution channels go with it.
    — Sami Nomair, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Figuring out how to plan weekly meals without a full kitchen is what separates a semester fueled by vending machine potato chips from one where your brain actually works in class.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of separates
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  • Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of groups

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“Relegates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relegates. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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