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degrade

[dih-grayd, dee-grayd] / dɪˈgreɪd, diˈgreɪd /


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But former Apple AI staffers say that its privacy stance can slow its own product development and degrade the AI experiences it is able to offer on its platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Recognizing that 9/11’s horrors compounded over the years does not degrade the memory of its initial victims.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The environmental impact of traditional balloons, which despite their advertising do not degrade, is largely unknown to the general public.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, researchers found that a wide range of animals, including marine worms, starfish, earthworms, and other terrestrial species, possess enzymes that can degrade microbial PHAs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Galen’s text had never been accompanied by illustrations—Galen explicitly said that illustrations were worthless—because in a manuscript culture complex illustrations degrade rapidly each time they are copied.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

As frozen ground degrades, previously buried minerals become exposed and water interacts more extensively with rock surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

"This was before plastic was introduced into bank notes, it degrades," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

Ferrari also faces the risk of its EV losing value faster than its traditional models as the battery degrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Sickness spreads, often directly through viruses or indirectly by depleting family resources, putting stress on people that degrades their health.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

It degrades the quiet intensity of “A Grammarian’s Funeral” to make the grammarian’s pupil, who is aiding in bearing his body up the mountain side, declaim against the world.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry

They also alleged that Texas' supply of the drug had become degraded, as Pike's lawyers have similarly argued.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nothing has degraded more for Latino men, however, than the simple pleasures of life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

They can be produced on already degraded land, or made from waste products such as used cooking oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

We are as easily degraded as any other people.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

That produces a different effect from existing drugs that target BCL6 by blocking or degrading it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Your battery works less well than before after using it thousands of times - that degrading or aging can be slowed down when you're using a nanocoating," Colen explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

It acknowledged that data centers employ tens of thousands of union members while pledging to fight to keep AI from degrading job quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

And Dasch felt that the tipping system was degrading.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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