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decaying

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verb

present participle of decay
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decaying

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adjective

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Recent Examples of decaying
Adjective
Is dark matter decaying, or is something decaying into dark matter? Big Think, 8 Apr. 2025 What fill out the episodes instead are extended zombie-battle scenes and long, silent sequences where people explore gorgeously decaying spaces. Judy Berman, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 The videos, taken on March 16 and 17, show dolphins swimming in cloudy and bright green water within a decaying enclosure. Dylan Gentile, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025 These RHUs use decaying isotopes like americium-241 to generate heat and electricity for spacecraft. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2025 That the movie’s aesthetic has etched itself so deeply into our collective consciousness owes, in large part, to Syd Mead, the legendary concept artist and industrial designer who dreamed up the film’s decaying Los Angeles — a neo-noir visual cityscape that felt both distant and just within reach. Leslie Katz, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Things are growing and things are decaying. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025 Previous developers have tried unsuccessfully to revitalize the decaying property. Tyler Williams, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025 The buildings are beautiful and tranquil but fundamentally incongruous (modern architecture mixed with bits of decaying monasteries, gathered from meadows in Catalonia and France). Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decaying
Noun
  • Most of the time, the summer slide—in other words, the deterioration of intellectual skills gained during the school year, during a period when kids are on breaks—is associated with a student’s reading skills, says Alexander.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 25 June 2025
  • The disease causes deterioration of nerve cells in the brain, a process that sets off a series of worsening symptoms.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Then came the yacht’s renaissance by her father, who saw beauty and sailing prowess inside a rotting hull.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • His health has been deteriorating since he was diagnosed with a brain tumor as a toddler.
    Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Retail experts saw a lack of investment in Hudson’s Bay stores, diminishing service levels and deteriorating physical conditions, like malfunctioning escalators and water damage in certain locations.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But Pavement remade it in their own gloriously ramshackle way, goosing it with new melodies and rowdy band interaction.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
  • Later that day, they were moved to a ramshackle hut of metal and wood.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Certainly not for novelty’s sake; we are hardly starved for dramas of mental decay, or for the stupendous feats of acting that are often achieved in their service.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 June 2025
  • That’s because warming increases the rate of decay of falling organic debris, so that less of it reaches the twilight zone.
    Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • This stylish planter keeps plants well-watered and is virtually indestructible, designed to resist cracking and crumbling even in freezing temperatures.
    Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In the meantime, families can only guess how long their crumbling foundations will support their walls.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Moffett also said artificial intelligence isn’t driving an upgrade cycle as hoped, noting that there is weakening demand in China along with antitrust concerns.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • With high expectations for future new orders along with expanding current new orders, the outlooks for material handling and supply chain industries are positive, despite some weakening in the December MHI BAI report.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022

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