Example Sentences

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"The substantial amount of time that passed between her death and the discovery meant that crucial evidence had degraded or disappeared."

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

It underscores how much last June’s attack had degraded Iran’s capacity to compete in the skies or mount a major retaliatory response.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

He said that quick fame had degraded the idea of a celebrity to something nearly unrecognizable.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Boeing’s Kowal said the duct seals on the damaged 787s had degraded over time.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

The influence of the world in which his life had been spent had degraded Valentine Hawkehurst, and had done much to harden him; and yet he was not altogether hard.

From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)