degradation

Example Sentences

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And without that, do you forecast some kind of degradation of Fox’s role in the decades to come?

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

Anxieties about overconsumption and environmental degradation lie beneath the playfulness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

However the timber itself showed signs of degradation within several years of the tower opening to the public.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The report had also warned of further degradation if reforestation and sustainable management efforts were not implemented -- concerns now compounded by the ongoing conflict.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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