decay
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The structure lets retail investors trade with leverage that can reach 100 times their posted collateral at some crypto exchanges, with simple directional bets uncomplicated by mechanics like options volatility or decay.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
"Any sort of hint of mental decay, you're sort of dead. There are moments when it pops up but it's not an all day every day condition, and that's what I cling onto."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Defining a movement by its adversaries rather than its principles is a recipe for intellectual decay and political aimlessness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Typically, population declines and aging housing stock conjure visions of Rust Belt decay, where land loses value and abandoned homes sell for next to nothing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Just as a human being, a collection of 100 trillion cells, is typically in a steady state between synthesis and decay and is more than the sum of its parts, so also is a galaxy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing decay
Earth Science - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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Earth Science: Natural Resources and the Environment
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