degenerating

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It had earlier said he could not be transferred elsewhere due to his degenerating condition.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The findings offer new insight into how bone cells may influence pain signaling in degenerating spines.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

The Speaker, at Warwick, said that "the bicyclists of the day are debilitating and degenerating the human race by the way in which they stoop over their work."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 by Various