degraded

Example Sentences

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Mr Van Lokeren said that Venezuela's refining capacity has been significantly degraded in recent years and is "dependent" on its allies in Iran and Russia to convert its crude oil into more commercially lucrative products.

From BBC

But activities such as grazing and development have degraded so much habitat that the threatened species now occupies only 12% of its historical range, according to a 2023 survey by the U.S.

From Salon

This facilitates a process called autophagy, which occurs routinely in our cells: Damaged or unnecessary proteins are wrapped up in small membrane vesicles and safely degraded with enzymes - a natural recycling process, in effect.

From Science Daily

On top of a degraded infrastructure, it would have to contend with a shrunken military and new threats such as drones.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amazon recently sued Perplexity to prevent it from allowing its agent to make Amazon purchases for users, alleging that its AI agent had “degraded Amazon customers’ experience” and presented a cybersecurity risk to client data.

From Barron's