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- the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field
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- the family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility
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- the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution
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- for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans
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- the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields
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- a person of Finnish descent
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- on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents
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“Descent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descent. Accessed 20 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of descent was in the 14th century
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