deterioration

Example Sentences

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Adding to the industry’s problems are signs of deterioration on the loans that private-credit firms originated in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The U.S. economy was in a vulnerable state before the war and will experience further deterioration in coming months, said Brian Bethune, an economist at Boston College.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

She believes with proper observations, the deterioration in her health might have been spotted.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“Fed officials are likely to resume easing only for clear ‘good’ reasons—more rapid progress toward the 2% inflation target—or clear ‘bad’ reasons—a meaningful deterioration in labor market conditions,” he wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

We have lost the innocence of it, of those days before we knew the extent of the aunts’ rage, before Gran’s death and Granddad’s deterioration.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart