deterioration

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Participants who received the real gait retraining reported pain relief comparable to medication, and MRI scans suggested they had less knee cartilage deterioration than people in the placebo group.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"Despite a serious deterioration of consumer finances -- largely because of gas prices and inflation, to which Walmart's core customer is very sensitive -- Walmart has retained guidance for the full fiscal year."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The deterioration of that relationship was not the only highly personal situation the court focussed on.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The stock has fallen 22% year to date through Thursday, weighed by concerns about higher costs of memory chips used in game consoles and a possible deterioration in consumer sentiment amid the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

While I did my homework in the kitchen I heard Milton’s resonant, drill-like voice saying, “Socrates: ‘There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts’ Adeimantus: ‘What are they?’

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides