degradation

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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

To drive home the Lázárs’ fatuity, Mr. Biedermann coats them in lurid layers of shame and degradation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

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

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The musicians wink and smile at each other as they play, and I see then that they are the secret emissaries of a worldwide lower-class conspiracy to snatch joy out of degradation and filth.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich