decay
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The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The nonrenewable gas is produced by radioactive decay deep under the earth and escapes into space once released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
An option that doesn’t lose value to time decay has the appearance of increasing implied volatility.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
"The decay is not just an electronic process -- it is steered by nuclear motion in a very direct and intuitive way."
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
The snowy handkerchief in his breast-pocket was scented with some heavy cologne like those hothouse plants so rich you can smell the decay at their roots.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
