atrophy
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In contrast, higher consumption of sweets was associated with faster ventricular enlargement and greater hippocampal atrophy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
One reason employers are hesitant to hire those who have been out of the workforce for a prolonged period of time is that they believe skills atrophy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Regeneron has been developing a pipeline of muscle-preservation drugs that block the body’s natural atrophy systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Apitegromab works by blocking a protein involved in the breakdown of muscle and is also being explored as a treatment for other medical conditions affecting muscles, including spinal muscular atrophy.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
He massaged Shin’s arms and legs so that his muscles would not atrophy.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Like any skill, it atrophies when we outsource the work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
"When you get machines thinking for you, your brain just atrophies."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
As we age, our brain gradually atrophies, losing nerve cells and connections and this can lead to a decline in brain function.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
If astrophysicists don’t take big, new and different swings at dark matter, the search will only stagnate until it atrophies.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2023
He knew that illness of a certain type atrophies the memory and the affections, while leaving unaffected the mind and a certain fierce instinct of self-preservation.
From Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes
John’s left arm had atrophied, his hand now basically a claw, and two of his fingers were numb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
When we met him, he meandered across the field, atrophied by lack of exercise, sat on my foot and looked up with a hopeful demeanor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Our democratic muscles have atrophied, and I hope they can be reinvigorated before it's too late.
From Salon ● May 5, 2025
Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
“Like any other appendage,” the captain tells me, “it has atrophied from lack of use.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
“My hunch is that we’re atrophying our brains,” says Wolkowitz, 38.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
After exhausting holistic options, he saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
On Tuesday, the company’s founder and financial lifeline, the eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll, pulled the plug — a decision based, at least in part, on the atrophying entertainment business.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
"After two years, part of my brain was atrophying," one said.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
Over the weeks that followed he languished in the hospital, arms curled grotesquely at his sides, muscles atrophying, his weight dropping below 80 pounds.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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