decayed

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In “Vaccine Flag,” a vertical banner arcs gracefully across a soft gradient of L.A. haze, but the banner’s fabric is so tattered and decayed that its advertisement for vaccines is barely legible.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Wage growth has decayed, and persistently elevated inflation is straining personal budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Over time, the soft tissues decayed away, leaving the clay film and the skeleton, which later fossilized on longer timescales.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Methane spends a lot less time in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide; about 20 years after it's released, most of it will have decayed, while carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2024

Although it is young and all she has, it is as if it had decayed on the vine at budding time.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison