degrade

Example Sentences

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Missions have limited time to gather enough sunlight driven X-ray signals, and detectors can degrade during long periods in space.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

It worked to “disrupt, deter and degrade foreign adversaries’ ability to interfere with and influence how U.S. citizens vote and how those votes are counted.”

From Salon • May 21, 2026

“It’s the fastest way to degrade your loyalty and satisfaction among the people who are traveling with you, because they feel like they’re being nickeled and dimed,” Taylor told me.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

The American strategy was to degrade Iran’s munitions so that the U.S. could escort vessels without being swarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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