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Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

The four former commissioners have signed a joint letter arguing that the gondola proposal “would enable a private development to permanently and irreparably shrink, degrade, and destroy the integrity of a state park.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Donated blood has to be used within 42 days because blood cells degrade over time.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Google hit out at Brussels, saying the EU forced the company to degrade products in the bloc.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

I could not shake the almost desperate sadness all this evoked, and I marveled that sounds could so degrade the spirit.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

When a biopsy is taken, the genetic material in the tissue degrades within hours, unless it is protected.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

"Most importantly, we found that the exact spatial arrangement of these neighboring groups dramatically changes how fast the polymer degrades," Gu said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026

Lifespan: Heavy use degrades the coating in about a year, though judicious care can extend the pan’s life to, say, three years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Sickness spreads, often directly through viruses or indirectly by depleting family resources, putting stress on people that degrades their health.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

In the course of his remarks, Mr. Dixon had occasion to say that slavery degrades free labor.

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett

The fodder situation is "highly degraded" in almost all regions, the ministry said earlier this month.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

It's a problem for degraded peatland which makes up about 80% of Scotland's total, but for those in a near-natural state the peat can act as a defence.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

They argued the cows had degraded the seashore with manure pollution and soil erosion, harming the native wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Detecting it in fossil bone therefore provides an additional chemical clue that degraded collagen is present.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

He called for his “afflicted, degraded and slumbering brethren” to cast off their chains.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Campaigners have claimed that the sentences could amount to inhumane and degrading treatment.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

It acknowledged that data centers employ tens of thousands of union members while pledging to fight to keep AI from degrading job quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

A ride on a people mover feels even more degrading in comparison to the alternative mode serving other travelers.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Everywhere one looked the boundary between the moral and the wicked seemed to be degrading.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson