decay
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Decay or disease can lurk within a seemingly healthy tree, turning it into a hazard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Decay can be hastened by pests, mold, moisture, heat, cold and plain old use, among countless other factors.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Decay is a biological process and without water, biology can’t work.
From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2023
L'Oréal, which owns Urban Decay, told the BBC it was "well underway" with phasing out the chemicals.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2023
Decay and neglect were on everything, and the grim little waiter who ushered them upstairs seemed as much astonished at their coming as were they themselves with all they saw.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Vocabulary lists containing decay
Earth Science - Middle School
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