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decay

[dih-kay] / dɪˈkeɪ /




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The long-term nature of the leverage will also spare traders from the intense volatility decay experienced from holding leveraged ETFs that see big price swings and that reset daily.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Fulton Sheen likewise fiercely denounced communism and Nazism, as well as the cultural decay he believed left the West vulnerable to tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The decay just hasn’t made itself known yet.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

His photographs capture not only the movie houses but their ornate facades and decay -- a record of a cultural landscape disappearing as cinemas are demolished, converted into multiplexes or left to crumble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The impact of that decay isn’t much of an issue unless the atom happens to be on or in a living body when it breaks down.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Sphagnum moss can hold 20 times its weight in water and helps create peat bogs, where dead vegetation accumulates rather than decays, capturing carbon in the ground.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

When tritium decays, the neutrino carries away some energy, which slightly alters the energy pattern of the emitted electrons.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025

It contains radium that decays into radon gas, which is radioactive and can cause cancer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

“But the U.S. Constitution is neither bone nor stone. It is an explosion of ideas. Parchment decays and ink fades, but ideas endure; they also change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025

New materials_are constantly being contributed as rocks disintegrate, as organic matter decays and as nitrogen and other gases are brought down in rain from the skies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

To investigate the mystery, the researchers measured gamma rays produced as a radioactive copper isotope decayed into zinc.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Peat is formed over millions of years from an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Yet, despite this surge of security personnel, basic living conditions have only decayed.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Remote and hybrid work used to be a privilege, but its benefits over in-person work have decayed across the board,” Chris Martin, senior economist at Glassdoor, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

The remaining neutrons would have decayed into protons, which are the nuclei of ordinary hydrogen atoms.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

"After the 1983 FA Cup final, players were sold, there was no investment, the Goldstone was decaying and the crowds were dipping," said Samrah.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

That’s because they generally chow down on decaying fruit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Voyager 2 and its twin, Voyager 1, rely on radioisotope thermoelectric generators, which produce electricity from heat released by decaying plutonium.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

When the local economy began declining in the 1970s, the store closed its doors and sat abandoned and decaying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

I saw their decaying faces in my dreams.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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