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degradation

[deg-ruh-day-shuhn] / ˌdɛg rəˈdeɪ ʃən /


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Another could be used to slow the degradation of advanced solar cells called perovskites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

The addresses, she said, are “representative of the total degradation of all our historic places and maintaining something special versus Everywhere, USA.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

SEL1L helps identify proteins that should be removed and directs them toward degradation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

He did not understand our civilization, and knew no better than to try to be too decent for the degradation of jealousy.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“He’s the guy that we put through a series of degradations and humiliations, but like the Energizer Bunny, he keeps coming back. By braving all of these things, he becomes extremely endearing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

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

If a child is being made to feel unwanted, attacked, or sad because of the degradations of other students, something should be done immediately.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2020

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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