degradation
Example Sentences
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To drive home the Lázárs’ fatuity, Mr. Biedermann coats them in lurid layers of shame and degradation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
When dams, altered water flows, or habitat degradation disrupt these connections, populations can drop quickly.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
But after "25 years of degradation of the country's institutional, productive, and social fabric", he says, the conditions for that are now far less favourable.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Ocean warming has far-reaching consequences, such as degradation of marine ecosystems, biodiversity loss and reduction of the ocean carbon sink, the agency said.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Optical fibers, by contrast, can carry very high-frequency optical pulses on the same individual fiber without substantial signal degradation for many, many miles.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Vocabulary lists containing degradation
"Marigolds," Vocabulary from the short story
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By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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"Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves" Vocabulary from the informational text
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