decaying

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But he kept seeing more cases of decaying moss.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The space, which stretches as far as the eye can see, looks like an office, a showroom, a library and a decaying home all at once.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Voyager 1, like its twin Voyager 2, is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Turn right, as the map tells you to do, and you’ll encounter decaying sidewalks, with cracked and buckled concrete that turns a modest uphill walk into an obstacle course.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

By calculating backwards from how much radiation a material had now and how swiftly it was decaying, you could work out its age.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson