degrading

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But the U.S. will do better to keep its eyes on the prize of degrading the regime and its weaponry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The U.S. says it is degrading Iran’s ability to launch attacks by the day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The judgement said the trust's policy had an "admirable and noble purpose", but it had the effect of "violating the dignity" of the nurses and of "creating for them a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

It has cut back on the amount of hardware needed to control large numbers of qubits, the basic units of information in a quantum computer, without degrading fidelity.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

“It was a clear sign that lenders had lost it, constantly degrading their own standards to grow loan volumes,” Burry said.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis