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“You won’t see Coke or Disney or Nike in my degenerate economy, but you see all the exchanges,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

It’s been a huge month for all the degenerate gamblers hoping to cash in on the United States’ elections.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2024

After a few minutes of conversation in which I established most easily my moral superiority over this degenerate, I found myself pondering once more the crises of our times.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

“You don’t need to worry about presenting a certain way or being perceived in a certain way. All the characters in ‘The Pineapple’ are degenerates, and this show invites you to become one as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

“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

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

“As a result, the storm lost tropical characteristics and degenerated to a post-tropical cyclone over northern Baja California,” the new analysis said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

“If there was any rivalry between the girls, the game often degenerated into a first-class brawl,” said Melita.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality, with nationwide demonstrations on October 17 degenerating into some of the country's worst rioting in years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Ophelia was kept in hospital for tests for nine days, after which she began a daily oral medication that "maintains muscle cells from degenerating".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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

Whatever may be the cause, it is evident that we as a people are degenerating into a nation of speculators.

From Nature and Culture by Harvey Rice