Examples of degraded in a Sentence

many observers deplored the fact that the city's festivities for Mardi Gras had become a degraded, drunken celebration

Recent Examples on the Web In this sense, common-carrier regulations will harm, not serve, the public by delivering a degraded and inferior service. — Jessica Melugin, National Review, 16 June 2021 Owners of some older Tesla Model S and Model X EVs in Norway reported degraded battery range and charging times following a 2019 software update. — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 24 May 2021 During the first phase of the Bonn Challenge 2020, Pakistan pledged to restore 865,000 acres of degraded landscapes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province -- a target already surpassed. — Imran Khan, CNN, 5 June 2021 In degraded peatlands in the South Pennines and West Wales, another trial will try to promote the formation of peat, a thick mat of organic matter that forms in some bogs, which is known to store vast quantities of carbon. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Across the Global South, communities are leading efforts to regenerate degraded ecosystems and wildlife populations and conserve biodiversity. — Ashish Kothari, Scientific American, 20 May 2021 The department also hopes to stand up the Civilian Climate Corps, Haaland said, which would employ Americans in reforesting and restoring degraded landscapes. — BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2021 So far, 74 countries, local governments and organisations have committed to restoring 210 million hectares of degraded land. — Andrew Wight, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021 That doesn’t entail a degraded quality of life in places like the U.S. but rather distributing the abundance of wealth here more equitably. — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 May 2021

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