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The company eschews cooking ahead or food warmers, as that would degrade its quality and lead people to load up on other options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Recognizing that 9/11’s horrors compounded over the years does not degrade the memory of its initial victims.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, researchers found that a wide range of animals, including marine worms, starfish, earthworms, and other terrestrial species, possess enzymes that can degrade microbial PHAs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Farage did not attend the results, saying Essex Police had warned him that an "organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result" was planned.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“You don’t need to degrade yourself like this.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

When a biopsy is taken, the genetic material in the tissue degrades within hours, unless it is protected.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

“My biggest fear is that it further degrades mainstream confidence in medicine, and actually leads to a kind of Wild West for patients,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

If it degrades rapidly, that means insects are attracted to the plentiful organic matter.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

However, they are not without limitations: they are sensitive to external disturbances -- such as strong magnetic fields near a hard drive -- and their performance typically degrades over time.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025

More perilous than atheism, because more alluring, it defies passion, and in the name of inspiration degrades man to the brute.

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Samuel Osgood

Regarding the possibility the pentobarbital was degraded, Zivot explained that if this was the case, it could be due to factors including poor manufacturing or improper storage.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Midrange drones have degraded some Russian electronic-warfare systems and hobbled 300 vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

There are a few fun visual gags about the degraded far-future — a hospital named St. God’s, the city’s digital clock tower being stuck on a blinking 12:00 — but its punchlines tend toward nasty.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

He had honored Monterey by dying there and he had been degraded.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

With Android foldables the crease where the display folds can be often noticeable, degrading the consumer experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"The logic is that with a warming planet, you will see shrinking glaciers, lots of snow melt. The permafrost that is partially holding some mountainsides together is warming and thawing and degrading."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

A ride on a people mover feels even more degrading in comparison to the alternative mode serving other travelers.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

There is a theory that the process of aging may be due to the cumulative effect of imprecision, a gradual degrading of information.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas