degenerating

present participle of degenerate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for degenerating
Verb
  • In both Camp 6 and another detention facility, migrants reported unsanitary conditions, poor hygiene and deteriorating infrastructure.
    Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • By then, the humanitarian situation was deteriorating quickly.
    Tom Bowman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The film got some of the best reviews at Sundance in January, then went to Berlin, where Rose Byrne got that festival’s Best Actress prize for her role as a mother who’s crumbling under the pressure of (among other things) a sick kid and a flooded apartment.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The catalyst for this a meeting with the school’s board — who look more like trustafarian hedge managers than social workers — where it is revealed that the grand but crumbling school building is going to be sold off at the end of the year.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Affirm went public on the Nasdaq in 2021 and — like Klarna — took a battering in 2022 as worsening macroeconomic conditions resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war hammered tech stocks.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Florida, along with California and Texas, is particularly vulnerable to worsening natural disasters fueled by climate change, and the cost to insure a home has risen precipitously as a result.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In late December 1980, US Air Force personnel stationed at RAF Woodbridge saw strange lights descending into the forest.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Another cold front is descending across the Great Lakes region later Wednesday.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Burberry's share price has fallen sharply over recent years, declining almost 80% from April 2023 to September 2024, as waning sales and a slew of management changes exacerbated a wider luxury downturn.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That growing influencer base among podcasters contrasts with the declining reach of legacy TV networks and cable channels.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Degenerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degenerating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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