degradation
Example Sentences
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We had four years of volume degradation because the consumers had to absorb too much price.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The documents are highly sensitive to light, and the lumens of the overhead lamps are kept as low as candlelight to avoid risking degradation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Much of the conservation effort is focused on protecting and enlarging the habitats butterflies need to survive, particularly in the face of land-use changes, including the intensification of farming and environmental degradation.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
After that, however, widespread deforestation and degradation in tropical rainforests pushed the system into decline.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
He labors under an affliction in his speech, acquired through long habit of degradation or sudden excess of horror.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing degradation
"Marigolds," Vocabulary from the short story
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By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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"Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves" Vocabulary from the informational text
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