Example Sentences

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Metro has been monitoring and slowly replacing rail that has been degrading over time on western portions of the system.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

“But there is a growing need for that expertise in museums, since taxidermy is now getting older and has been degrading over time.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2016

From mold, to mice, to moisture, the JFK Library and Museum in Boston is trying to save its collection of Hemingway's incoming letters from different damage that has been degrading the batch as it ages.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2012