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deterioration

[dih-teer-ee-uh-rey-shuhn] / dɪˌtɪər i əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Separately, the company cut its guidance for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31 given the ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East and recent deterioration in the performance of its North America unit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Nikki is nothing more than her pain and deterioration because Barker doesn’t allow us any other prolonged glimpses of Nikki or her life after Bear makes his wish.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

One of the consequences of this trend has been the deterioration of strategies exploiting what’s known as “post-earnings announcement drift,” or PEAD.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Its new prime minister, Rumen Radev, has warned about the deterioration of public finances, with a budget deficit that is expected to substantially exceed three percent of GDP.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The flight instructors mistakenly attributed the pilots’ deterioration to their praise of them, and likewise the pilots’ improvement to their criticism; both, however, were simply regressions to the more likely mean performance.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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