atrophied
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The house was a metaphor for the coldness of a relationship that’s faded and atrophied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Today, the Pentagon is grappling with America’s atrophied industrial base while racing to adopt AI technologies that private companies have already woven into their systems—like the frozen-dessert management system Kain stumbled on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The pandemic, for all its lessons, quietly atrophied some of our neighboring muscles, and many of us are still figuring out how to use them again.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026
Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
“The cells in your systems have atrophied and are dead,” she said sharply.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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