as in deteriorating
to become worse or of less value
the stock of the energy company crumbled after the revelations of fraud and mismanagement
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Recent Examples of crumbling
Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Sclerotic growth, stagnant real wages, and crumbling public services are generating profound dissatisfaction.
—Anand Menon, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
Imagine crumbling a slice into a glass of frothed milk and espresso, or layering it with a scoop of ice cream for a decadent twist; the possibilities are endless.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
All the parts fit well in this sometimes surreal, sometimes darkly humorous journey into the crumbling mind of a stressed woman.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Neri has been part of efforts to build a belvedere, or gazebo, at Windansea Beach, repair a historic set of crumbling beach access stairs and have the La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places, among other projects.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Olympic Stadium, the Expos' home since the 1976 Olympic Games, was crumbling.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Bringing the battle home for players to storm brownstones in Brooklyn Heights or desperately traverse a crumbling Manhattan Bridge is effectively scary — for most people.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The show, held in a crumbling 19th-century villa on the outskirts of the city, was inspired by planetary alignment, archaeological ruins and global unity, says Schnaider, 34.
—Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Caldwell will play a pivotal role as the Wolves and Lynx explore a new arena, search for solutions to the league-wide crumbling of regional sports television networks and try to maximize revenue streams.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
Its crumbling buildings swallowed by greenery are starkly beautiful and deeply eerie, even more so as the cooler seasons creep in and sea mists descend.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Sclerotic growth, stagnant real wages, and crumbling public services are generating profound dissatisfaction.
—Anand Menon, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
Imagine crumbling a slice into a glass of frothed milk and espresso, or layering it with a scoop of ice cream for a decadent twist; the possibilities are endless.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
All the parts fit well in this sometimes surreal, sometimes darkly humorous journey into the crumbling mind of a stressed woman.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Neri has been part of efforts to build a belvedere, or gazebo, at Windansea Beach, repair a historic set of crumbling beach access stairs and have the La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places, among other projects.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Olympic Stadium, the Expos' home since the 1976 Olympic Games, was crumbling.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Bringing the battle home for players to storm brownstones in Brooklyn Heights or desperately traverse a crumbling Manhattan Bridge is effectively scary — for most people.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The show, held in a crumbling 19th-century villa on the outskirts of the city, was inspired by planetary alignment, archaeological ruins and global unity, says Schnaider, 34.
—Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumbling
Verb
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The Afghanistan Analysts Network, also reported others were leaving amid plummeting salaries and deteriorating conditions.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Travelers in the region are advised to remain alert for rapidly changing conditions, as the combination of snow and high winds can produce sudden reductions in visibility and rapidly deteriorating roadways.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Losing sight of this has meant that faculty haven’t been using all of the tools at their disposal to fight the disintegration of tenure-stream employment.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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For director and co-writer Justin Tipping, the key to expressing Cameron’s mental and physical disintegration was finding a visual language that combined two very different worlds.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 2015, my mother’s caregiver set up a phone call between my mom and me, in the hope that a familiar voice might cut through her worsening dementia.—
Joe Garcia,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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People, including Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan, were turned away due to the worsening security situation.—
NPR,
NPR,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On one end, the structure has large terrace-like steps descending into the earth.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Returning from an alpine lake, the pair took a different route from their hike in, ascending and descending the 11,300-foot Burro Lake Pass.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Screening is key Across all ages, colorectal cancer cases and related deaths in the US have been declining for decades, Ng said, attributing that success to improvements in treatment and public health efforts to promote screening.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Many consumers have started to turn their backs on luxury goods; fed up with a lack of ingenuity, skyrocketing daily expenses, and arguably declining quality, shoppers are thinking twice before splurging on designer items.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Crumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumbling. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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