degradation
Example Sentences
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"If this was true, they wouldn't survive fossilization except under very special circumstances where rapid fossilization outcompeted degradation."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
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
Anxieties about overconsumption and environmental degradation lie beneath the playfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
The degradation of these systems reportedly led the US to redeploy Thaad components from South Korea to the Middle East.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“Perhaps my wife won’t like London; then the sentence is banishment & degradation into indolent, idle fool.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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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