decay
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The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The nonrenewable gas is produced by radioactive decay deep under the earth and escapes into space once released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
An option that doesn’t lose value to time decay has the appearance of increasing implied volatility.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
"This shows that nuclear motion is not a minor correction -- it fundamentally controls the efficiency of non-local electronic decay."
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
A damp breeze, carrying the smell of rain and fall’s decay, made him shudder.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
