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degrading

[dih-grey-ding] / dɪˈgreɪ dɪŋ /


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I assume you’re going to live in this new home for the next 20-odd years, and that you have the means to upgrade without degrading your retirement fund.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

"It was a very degrading situation and there was no care about my welfare," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

A few months later, he found degrading posters of his head on a child’s body shoved inside his uniform pockets and gun holster and plastered over the station walls, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

But the focus since has turned to degrading Iran’s military capabilities, especially its ballistic-missile and nuclear programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I’d have to begin that degrading nonsense again.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler




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