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degenerate

[dih-jen-uh-reyt, dih-jen-er-it] / dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt, dɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt /




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The strongest signal appeared in people whose mitral valves had already begun to degenerate.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

I’m kind of glad that I’m not so much of a degenerate anymore.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

If too many degenerate gamblers are betting on bitcoin going up, the perpetual price rises above spot.

From MarketWatch Oct. 27, 2025

That it no longer seems to be leaves us all morally degenerate.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

A crew composed entirely of eight amped-up, overtly aggressive oarsmen will often degenerate into a dysfunctional brawl in a boat or exhaust itself in the first leg of a long race.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

By targeting the “worst” degenerates first, they fractured the opposition, and inadvertently created that “First they came for…” poem that we all now memorize in middle school.

From Slate Feb. 16, 2025

“When my dad’s wife died a couple of years back, it was those rave degenerates who were there for me,” she says.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2024

What do you see are some of the things that can keep perspectives on this matchup fresh and maybe move beyond the horse race aspect that election coverage always degenerates into?

From Salon Sep. 14, 2024

“If our search degenerates to that level I’ll be sure to call on you,” I said without looking in his direction.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

By 2024, my hobby was starting to feel like work, and it was only a matter of time before the sport degenerated enough to make it official.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2026

Wingtech representatives responded that the Dutch intervention was "incomprehensible" and meant the row "degenerated needlessly".

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

In contrast, workers are wingless females with smaller body size and degenerated reproductive tracts, usually without a sperm storage organ.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 2024

The storm prompted the first-ever tropical storm watches and warnings issued in California, but officials now say it had degenerated into a post-tropical low by the time it reached the state.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2024

Nana suggested cutting off his tail to make him more refined, but Clara had a tantrum that degenerated into an asthma attack and no one ever mentioned it again.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

It had earlier said he could not be transferred elsewhere due to his degenerating condition.

From BBC May 31, 2026

Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2025

In many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the neurons start degenerating at a very early stage -- sometimes years before other brain regions begin to falter.

From Science Daily Nov. 17, 2023

After this night's affair no one can ever say that you are degenerating; for your imagination, my dear man, was never so brilliant.

From Garrick's Pupil by Filon, Auguston




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