decompose

Example Sentences

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If we change, on a larger systemic level, the way we grow, distribute and decompose food, then we’ll be in a much better place.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic ends up in landfills where it can take centuries to decompose, leaching out chemicals during that time, Deeney said.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

His latest invention, GraveTech, gives people the opportunity to say hello to their loved ones as they decompose six feet underground, at the touch of a button.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

This creates a powerful feedback loop: more nutrients lead to more algae, which consume more oxygen as they decompose, which in turn releases even more nutrients.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

He could taste it on his tongue—dank, rotten, moldy—all the way to his stomach, as if he’d swallowed something that had begun to decompose.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner