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"This was before plastic was introduced into bank notes, it degrades," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

The updated lawsuit also points to a blog post OpenAI published the day the initial lawsuit was filed, in which it acknowledged that its safety training sometimes degrades in long conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Diet activates autophagy -- a cellular "clean-up" process that degrades and recycles damaged proteins.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

Thimerosal degrades into ethylmercury, which was judged not to be a danger at the level that would come from a vaccine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

They do so on the ground that such charity degrades and demoralises.

From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Wilde, Oscar