decayed

Example Sentences

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Wage growth has decayed, and persistently elevated inflation is straining personal budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

As these elements decayed, they produced heat, and by migrating from the deep crust to higher levels, they carried heat away.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

Methane spends a lot less time in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide; about 20 years after it's released, most of it will have decayed, while carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2024

The k track was the mirror image of a particle seen before by colleagues in Manchester, but the Manchester team's track decayed into two pions, not three.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024

Although it is young and all she has, it is as if it had decayed on the vine at budding time.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison