- present participle of degenerate.
degenerating
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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
“All of this has been degenerating for a long time,” Melgar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
This conversation is degenerating into a wrangle in which I have the traditional chance a snowball has in the place where motion-pictures were spawned.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
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