degradation
Example Sentences
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"Clinical trials to determine whether glycogen degradation in ALS/FTD patients could slow disease progression are also supported by our findings and could begin in a year."
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
And without that, do you forecast some kind of degradation of Fox’s role in the decades to come?
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
The degradation of these systems reportedly led the US to redeploy Thaad components from South Korea to the Middle East.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Domestic debt-related financial stress, coupled with the degradation of so many cross-border economic relationships, can have serious economic, political, and security consequences.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
I imagined about two hundred seventy-six different things Claire might do to me and how I might protect myself from utter and complete degradation in all two hundred seventy-six cases.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing degradation
"Marigolds," Vocabulary from the short story
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By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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"Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves" Vocabulary from the informational text
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