degenerated
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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
“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
As my encyclopedia poignantly puts it: “The legs of the larvae have degenerated, and the adults do not fly.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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