atrophy

Regeneron has been developing a pipeline of muscle-preservation drugs that block the body’s natural atrophy systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Human brains function on a pretty strict use-it-or-lose-it policy: When they’re not engaged, they start to atrophy.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

Apitegromab works by blocking a protein involved in the breakdown of muscle and is also being explored as a treatment for other medical conditions affecting muscles, including spinal muscular atrophy.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

In Asia, Hegseth reiterated that the region's security had "rested disproportionately on American military power, while many of our allies and partners allowed their own defence capabilities to atrophy".

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

The gates popped open with a metallic screech and we slipped through the small gap rust and atrophy would allow.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Like any skill, it atrophies when we outsource the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

"When you get machines thinking for you, your brain just atrophies."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025

As we age, our brain gradually atrophies, losing nerve cells and connections and this can lead to a decline in brain function.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

If astrophysicists don’t take big, new and different swings at dark matter, the search will only stagnate until it atrophies.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2023

When he rides in a motor-car instead of walking she atrophies the muscles of his legs, hangs a weight of fat around his middle, and labels him "out of the running."

From Keeping Fit All the Way by Walter Camp

Today, the Pentagon is grappling with America’s atrophied industrial base while racing to adopt AI technologies that private companies have already woven into their systems—like the frozen-dessert management system Kain stumbled on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Those muscles atrophied, leaving a huge opportunity for someone like Matt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2024

When followed over several years, the super-agers’ brains atrophied at a slower rate than average.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

They are atrophied, probably beyond hope of recovery.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

But the Mayor’s Fund had been atrophying for years, with its donations shrinking to a fraction of what it raised under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

After exhausting holistic options, he saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

"After two years, part of my brain was atrophying," one said.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

The work the body does against gravity to stay upright and move around keeps muscles from atrophying and stimulates bone growth.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023

Over the weeks that followed he languished in the hospital, arms curled grotesquely at his sides, muscles atrophying, his weight dropping below 80 pounds.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer