degradation
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If not, at least he’d get a major degradation of its military power that would somehow deliver a short war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Nagarajan said they have had positive results: "We've seen up to 20% degradation in terms of toxins and we've also seen a lot of the algal cells being destroyed because of the effect of cavitation."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Others, including widely used polyethylene, are far more resistant to biological degradation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
"This sounds theoretical and naive but you know you destroy nature at your peril and I think we see around the world the consequences of nature degradation," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Nothing until the final degradation of the Christmas card.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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At first, Natasha’s antipathy toward parenthood feels refreshingly specific, with its focus on the mundane degradations that can haunt the imaginations of the happily childless.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
Under Hawpe’s leadership, the Courier Journal successfully fought to rein in the excesses and environmental degradations of the mining industry.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
She simply lets the degradations of Ivy, Ruby and Wren pile up until the nature of the crisis is inescapable.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020
In The House of God, the central critique is forceful because it is narrow: The various degradations of hospital work are displayed vividly and repeatedly.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2019
But within our boundaries we, too, drew a line that included our right to bread regardless of the indignities or degradations involved in getting it.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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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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