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degraded

[dih-grey-did] / dɪˈgreɪ dɪd /
ADJECTIVE
disgraced
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Traditionally, logs made of coir - coconut husk - have been imported from South-East Asia to reduce erosion, hold back water and also re-wet degraded peatland.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

According to the team, this represented an important confirmation that degraded collagen fragments were genuinely present inside the fossil.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Rising sea levels and surging tides from increasingly powerful storms -- resulting in an increase in soil salinity -- have degraded agricultural lands, pushing people into tiger territory.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

The BTG Pactual TIG-Conservation International strategy seeks to conserve, restore and reforest about 660,000 acres of degraded land, an area more than twice the size of New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Far from being modern breadbaskets, they include areas ranking today as somewhat dry or ecologically degraded: Iraq and Iran, Mexico, the Andes, parts of China, and Africa’s Sahel zone.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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