degradation
Example Sentences
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When dams, altered water flows, or habitat degradation disrupt these connections, populations can drop quickly.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 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
Anxieties about overconsumption and environmental degradation lie beneath the playfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Nonetheless, the degradation of the Islamic Republic as a military and nuclear power has been enormous and is likely irreversible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
He did not understand our civilization, and knew no better than to try to be too decent for the degradation of jealousy.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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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