Example Sentences

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This penguin decay is incredibly rare in the Standard Model: for every million B mesons, only one will decay in this manner.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The urban and agricultural area adjacent to the wildland “gets the same wildland score … and then it will decay with distance away.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

For example, when you have one of these types of radioactive decays, you have an atom that will decay and it’ll turn into a different type of atom.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2022

Don’t just lay the first row on the ground, and definitely do not lay it on grass or other organic matter that will decay and become a slippery mass.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021

Of the remaining atoms, half of those will decay in the next five years.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland