atrophied

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“It’s like a muscle that maybe has atrophied a little bit over the years,” Gould said in his interview with the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

When followed over several years, the super-agers’ brains atrophied at a slower rate than average.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Last month, the nonprofit Long Beach Post, which expertly covered the port city while the Press-Telegram atrophied, laid off nearly everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The hollow bolted around the bend, using its muscular tongues like legs, its atrophied human limbs hanging useless.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs