destruction
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Or the slow-motion destruction of the Kennedy Center?
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
When the agents asked specifically what he knew about the destruction of the federal office building in Oklahoma City, he said that he didn’t know anything.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
This was a landmark moment as it was the first time any drug had slowed the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's disease.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“Demand destruction will spread as scarcity and higher prices persist,” the agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
It might be thought that Copernicus was responsible for the destruction of the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing destruction
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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Biodiversity and Humans - Introductory
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