degrade

After letting the culture of William Morris degrade for years?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

The findings from Dubilier and her colleagues suggest that animals may help degrade natural bioplastics alongside microorganisms.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

He then added he would not attend the count as Essex Police had told him about an "organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Testimonies degrade, facts do not, and yet both are grounded in the very same sensory experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

Ferrari also faces the risk of its EV losing value faster than its traditional models as the battery degrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

This is fixed unalterably by the laws of the supreme legislator, and solemnly engaged unto at the coronation: and whosoever declines or destroys this fundamental condition, he degrades and deposes himself.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

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

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

Seven portraits give Anne red or red-brown hair and five show a brunette, but the pigments in the paint may have degraded over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

I found another set of degraded codes and reversed them.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"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

“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

Known as living plastics, these materials contain dormant microbes capable of degrading the surrounding polymer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

I felt it would be degrading to faint with hunger on the causeway of a hamlet.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë