degenerate
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I’m kind of glad that I’m not so much of a degenerate anymore.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
That it no longer seems to be leaves us all morally degenerate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
“If somebody launched a 5x Nvidia product tomorrow, it would probably get half a million dollars overnight. The appetite for degenerate leverage is pretty strong right now,” Nadig told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
It’s been a huge month for all the degenerate gamblers hoping to cash in on the United States’ elections.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2024
The most pertinent consideration about the incognitum, however, was that it appeared to be extinct–a fact that Buffon cheerfully seized upon as proof of its incontestably degenerate nature.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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