degradation
Example Sentences
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“The prospect of regime collapse or fragmentation or degradation even in Tehran, especially for these resistance groups, is existential, because this is their main source of power,” Mansour said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The top four qualifiers started on softer, high-grip “alternate” tires to establish position while the rest of the grid started on harder, more durable “primaries” to manage degradation on the 110-degree track surface.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
After that, however, widespread deforestation and degradation in tropical rainforests pushed the system into decline.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
But after "25 years of degradation of the country's institutional, productive, and social fabric", he says, the conditions for that are now far less favourable.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Optical fibers, by contrast, can carry very high-frequency optical pulses on the same individual fiber without substantial signal degradation for many, many miles.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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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