atrophied
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Global trade boomed and the U.S. economy led the growth, even as U.S. shipbuilding atrophied and the Navy dropped from 7,000 ships at the close of World War II to around 300 today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Our democratic muscles have atrophied, and I hope they can be reinvigorated before it's too late.
From Salon • May 5, 2025
“Although his boss had to pretend to embrace the family-friendly nature of the town whose newspaper he ran,” Roman observes, “privately he was a man with a heart as atrophied as his calf muscles.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
“Like any other appendage,” the captain tells me, “it has atrophied from lack of use.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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