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 team was able to directly observe how atoms in a model system shift and reorganize before this unusual decay takes place.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
They were also open to decay, and therefore began to chip away.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
