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degenerate

[dih-jen-uh-reyt, dih-jen-er-it] / dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt, dɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt /




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“You won’t see Coke or Disney or Nike in my degenerate economy, but you see all the exchanges,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The strongest signal appeared in people whose mitral valves had already begun to degenerate.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

I’m kind of glad that I’m not so much of a degenerate anymore.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

You need to be a true degenerate for Las Vegas to break your heart.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

“I wasn’t surprised to hear the news—he had a degenerate nature. I don’t know if the current master of Randall will pay your reward. I don’t rightly care.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

“When my dad’s wife died a couple of years back, it was those rave degenerates who were there for me,” she says.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2024

What do you see are some of the things that can keep perspectives on this matchup fresh and maybe move beyond the horse race aspect that election coverage always degenerates into?

From Salon Sep. 14, 2024

One commentor suggested we were all members of the illuminati, or the Freemasons, who gathered with other well-heeled or well-connected degenerates to prove to ourselves that we were above the common herd.

From Slate May 27, 2023

“If our search degenerates to that level I’ll be sure to call on you,” I said without looking in his direction.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

By 2024, my hobby was starting to feel like work, and it was only a matter of time before the sport degenerated enough to make it official.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2026

Wingtech representatives responded that the Dutch intervention was "incomprehensible" and meant the row "degenerated needlessly".

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

Hilary prompted the first-ever tropical storm watches and warnings in California, but officials now say it had degenerated into a post-tropical low when it hit.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2024

"Based on these findings, we hypothesize that targeting dysfunctional synapses before the neurons are degenerated may represent a better therapeutic strategy."

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2023

Eventually, before my father and I degenerated to the “Oh, yeah? YEAH!” level, she stopped us.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

"Perhaps they can add new brain cells to a network that is degenerating," Salta says.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

It had earlier said he could not be transferred elsewhere due to his degenerating condition.

From BBC May 31, 2026

Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2025

He did all that was in his power to do to prevent his authority from degenerating into tyranny.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various




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