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degradation

[deg-ruh-day-shuhn] / ˌdɛg rəˈdeɪ ʃən /


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Activity in genes associated with cartilage degradation and fibrocartilage also declined compared with untreated tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

A good car balance should put Verstappen in a good place for a race that will be dominated by tyre degradation in the stifling heat, whether the threatened rain holds off or not.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“And there’s just slight degradation as that’s happening that compounds over time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

To test that idea, they used an emerging strategy known as targeted protein degradation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

In my mind’s eye I saw reduced to soot all those wonderful books, which had revealed to me other ways of living, which had sustained me in a world of degradation.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Under Hawpe’s leadership, the Courier Journal successfully fought to rein in the excesses and environmental degradations of the mining industry.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

If a child is being made to feel unwanted, attacked, or sad because of the degradations of other students, something should be done immediately.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2020

She simply lets the degradations of Ivy, Ruby and Wren pile up until the nature of the crisis is inescapable.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020

First, he didn’t mention a word about poverty as a primary driver of environmental degradations.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2020

But within our boundaries we, too, drew a line that included our right to bread regardless of the indignities or degradations involved in getting it.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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