degrading
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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
The U.S. says it is degrading Iran’s ability to launch attacks by the day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
However she said many unknowns remain, with much depending "on how ByteDance tweaks the weaker links - such as data separation, update frequency, and oversight mechanisms - without degrading performance".
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
The judgement said the trust's policy had an "admirable and noble purpose", but it had the effect of "violating the dignity" of the nurses and of "creating for them a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
“It was a clear sign that lenders had lost it, constantly degrading their own standards to grow loan volumes,” Burry said.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing degrading
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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