atrophy

Measures of gray matter atrophy were still the strongest overall predictors of cognitive ability.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

One reason employers are hesitant to hire those who have been out of the workforce for a prolonged period of time is that they believe skills atrophy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 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

They’ve become monuments to corporate greed — zones of atrophy, boredom and total disempowerment.

From Salon ● May 22, 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

NBCUniversal is cutting “Access Hollywood” and several other of its daytime talk shows, effectively ending its first run syndication business as daytime television atrophies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 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

This law, indicated by Aristotle, but clearly outlined by Goethe in 1807, and Geoffroy St. Hilaire in 1818, underlies the physiological atrophies and hypertrophies which play such a part in degeneracy.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot

“We think there’s a multidecade need to rebuild some of that capability that has just atrophied over the years,” Fujiyama said, citing a near-term dearth of munitions and hypersonic weapons in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Any principles beyond those have atrophied into invisibility.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025

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

They were loose because his legs had atrophied beyond normal clothing size—you could get two hands around his thighs and have your fingers touch.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

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

On Tuesday, the company’s founder and financial lifeline, the eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll, pulled the plug — a decision based, at least in part, on the atrophying entertainment business.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

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

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

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