degradation
Example Sentences
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The project, she added, would result in "clear degradation of the rural environment" and would not be accessible on foot or by bike, thus doing "little to achieve" council active transport goals.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The team then examined how UNI418 activates this degradation pathway.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
The Aravallis' degradation will affect all of northern India, experts say.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Anthropic, which has seen growth accelerate at more than eight times the rapid rate it expected, faced a computing crunch that some users said caused outages or a degradation of its capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Glad was I to get him out of the silk warehouse, and then out of a jeweller’s shop: the more he bought me, the more my cheek burned with a sense of annoyance and degradation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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