degraded
Example Sentences
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"If we're going to commit to prosecuting someone who's degraded the landscape, then we should make sure that they atone by monitoring that landscape sufficiently afterwards."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
According to the team, this represented an important confirmation that degraded collagen fragments were genuinely present inside the fossil.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
They also observed that biological materials formed a continuum ranging from well preserved to heavily degraded.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
The BTG Pactual TIG-Conservation International strategy seeks to conserve, restore and reforest about 660,000 acres of degraded land, an area more than twice the size of New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The two children were on the sofa, their sobs having degraded into tearful whimpers.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing degraded
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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"Ellen West" by Frank Bidart
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