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as in degradation
a change to a lower state or level
the sad degeneracy of the old neighborhood into a slum
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as in corruption
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
the degeneracy of the family into a gang of petty thieves
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Recent Examples of degeneracy
But only a cynic would assert that his decision to appoint a Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets, not to mention the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, was an attempt to justify his memecoin degeneracy.
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Sean Lee, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Another consequence of vote-threatening public discontent with mass chemical slavery and the abject squalor, the thieving, the degeneracy, and the organized crime that comes with it, has been the recriminalization of drugs in Oregon this September.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
The Pauli degeneracy pressure helps hold up the stellar remnant against gravitational collapse, preventing a black hole from forming.
—Big Think, 13 Jan. 2025
For instance, the previous survey (four years ago) suggested that a quantum effect called Electron degeneracy pressure prevents the core from collapsing.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
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Sean Lee, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Another consequence of vote-threatening public discontent with mass chemical slavery and the abject squalor, the thieving, the degeneracy, and the organized crime that comes with it, has been the recriminalization of drugs in Oregon this September.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
The Pauli degeneracy pressure helps hold up the stellar remnant against gravitational collapse, preventing a black hole from forming.
—Big Think, 13 Jan. 2025
For instance, the previous survey (four years ago) suggested that a quantum effect called Electron degeneracy pressure prevents the core from collapsing.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for degeneracy
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For engineers, all this means coupling MLOps with DevOps by integrating retraining triggers, model validation steps and performance degradation alerts directly into deployment pipelines.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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High-speed charging generates substantial thermal energy, which can accelerate cell degradation, reduce the battery’s overall lifespan, and in rare cases, lead to safety issues like thermal runaway.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The tech giant has built in a feature called Memory Integrity Enforcement, which is designed to stop attacks targeting memory corruption bugs, often exploited by spyware developers and phone forensic tools used by law enforcement, TechCrunch reports.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The rise is coupled with major political shifts in the country following the election of President Bernardo Arévalo, who vowed to fight corruption, tackle inequality, and rectify the discrimination against Indigenous Peoples after years of democratic erosion and corruption.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Initial jobless claims indicate only a minimal pickup in layoffs and/or deterioration in labor conditions at present, a positive dynamic.—
Jeffrey Schulze,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The largest member of the grass family, bamboo is combustible, susceptible to deterioration and weaker in rain, raising legitimate questions about its durability, Arup’s Ho said.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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On those three dates, variations in the moon's position relative to Earth's equator — particularly its declination — can influence tidal forces that subtly affect Earth's rotation rate.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Where corporate criminal investigations resolve without filing any criminal charges (through a declination or deferred prosecution agreement), companies should expect victims to still voice their views loudly to the Justice Department and beyond.—
Lisa Zornberg,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Chinese authorities said that headline CPI had slipped into negative territory largely due to the high-base last year and lower food prices, while crediting the narrower decline in producer prices in part to Beijing's efforts in regulating the excessive price competition.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Apple—which topped the World’s Best Companies list in 2024—is notably absent this year due to a decline in revenue from 2022 to 2024, which many Wall Street analysts have postulated could be due to the company falling behind on AI.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside.—
Nate Soares,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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My descent into bodybuilding hasn’t always been accepted warmly by the people in my life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Etienne’s aesthetic has always trafficked in the conventions of dance-pop, but their songs are hopeful and wide-eyed, avoiding any hints of hedonistic decadence.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Think of Cecil Beaton, and think of decadence aplenty, one of the great cultural figures of the 20th century.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Degeneracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degeneracy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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