degraded
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They also observed that biological materials formed a continuum ranging from well preserved to heavily degraded.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
The documents were badly degraded but the issue date on the passport was legible.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The dawn of the electrical age was constrained by a logistical bottleneck: Thomas Edison’s direct current systems could only transmit power about a mile before the voltage degraded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"The substantial amount of time that passed between her death and the discovery meant that crucial evidence had degraded or disappeared."
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
The bubbles were small, inconspicuous, and held a strange, unpalatable beauty when shafts of light pierced them and brightened his mouth with a briefly degraded spectrum of color.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing degraded
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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"Ellen West" by Frank Bidart
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