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It has taken a few generations to degrade our public schools and it will take a few, if not more, to restore them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The environmental impact of traditional balloons, which despite their advertising do not degrade, is largely unknown to the general public.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

The four former commissioners have signed a joint letter arguing that the gondola proposal “would enable a private development to permanently and irreparably shrink, degrade, and destroy the integrity of a state park.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

I wished we did not have to degrade the house with our modern jig-tunes so out-of-place and unromantic.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

As frozen ground degrades, previously buried minerals become exposed and water interacts more extensively with rock surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

At a press conference, the island's governor Nigel Phillips said: "The airport fire engines have each developed faults. This degrades the level of fire cover that can be provided."

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

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

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

The updated lawsuit also points to a blog post OpenAI published the day the initial lawsuit was filed, in which it acknowledged that its safety training sometimes degrades in long conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

It degrades those who write it and those who read it.

From The Real Robert Burns by J. L. Hughes

Meanwhile Ezra Cohen, the former Trump defence official who is now a fellow at the Hudson Institute, described the president as having degraded Iran's conventional military threat.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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

The investigation found that the unpermitted excavation degraded sensitive habitats, according to a commission fact sheet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Intensive agriculture, the application of chemicals and extreme weather linked to climate change have degraded up to 40 percent of land globally.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Although there are many doubters and naysayers, today there is widespread agreement among scientists that the environmental crises threatening the planet are climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and degraded water quality.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

"Once it is cut up by deep ruts, the water balance can be altered for years degrading habitat and reducing carbon storage," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Power failures are the most acute risk, but a more insidious problem is if equipment keeps degrading more quickly than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell