degradation
Example Sentences
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"Dragonflies and damselflies are good indicators of the health of a region. Consequently, when their numbers drop, it could signal the potential degradation of an ecosystem," Koparde says.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“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
It brought major disruption to marine ecosystems: mass die-offs of seabirds, fishery disasters, kelp degradation, whale entanglements, sea lion starvation, fish migration and harmful algal blooms, Amaya said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
"If this was true, they wouldn't survive fossilization except under very special circumstances where rapid fossilization outcompeted degradation."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
What degradation lay in being young, I thought, and fell to tearing at my nails.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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