descent

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as in drop
the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field

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Recent Examples of descent But the character description intrigued Lee, a Korean-American actor, because the role was written as a character of Korean descent. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025 His father, an attorney of Irish immigrant descent, worked tirelessly while his mother managed their household of six children with the same dedication. Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 The veteran actor recently spoke about a questionable chapter in his dating history that consisted of some overlap within his line of descent. Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Now, under iure sanguinis aka citizenship by descent, only those who have an Italian grandparent or parent will be able to claim citizenship. Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for descent
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Noun
  • That was the sharpest drop except for that seen at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • That's a drop of 11 from the previous Sunday-to-Friday reporting period.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Submersible visits over the years have shown an increase in its deterioration, with rust and microorganisms eating away at the ship's metal. Dives over more than a decade have shown the ship is falling apart.
    George Petras, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • That could mean that rate cuts are pushed off until much later this year or even delayed until next year if that deterioration takes time to materialize.
    Colby Smith, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Beyond infrastructure strain, our information environment also shows signs of degradation.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
  • What is clear, McLean and others point out, is that even the degradation of American climate prediction capabilities poses significant risks to the U.S. economy, to national security and to the country’s leverage in the world.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • The 1982 film Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras, brought global attention to the case and implied U.S. involvement in Horman’s demise.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The current season of Sister Wives is showing how the Brown family continues to navigate life after the demise of their once-happy polygamous brood.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • What is there in this deal that can realistically stop a third Russian invasion?
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Beijing knows a full-scale invasion would risk direct war with the U.S., a destructive gamble for China’s already wobbly economy at a time when Trump has added 145% tariffs to its burdens.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • In March, two days of U.S. attacks killed more than 50 people, Houthi officials said.
    USA Today, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Another suspect, Jamison Wagner of New Mexico, faces federal charges in connection with two separate arson attacks on a Tesla dealership and the Republican Party's state headquarters in Albuquerque, according to court documents unsealed this week.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • And realizing that these women, this culture, this practice is actually a part of my ancestry, too.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The effort will require tracing the ancestry of remipedes and other crustaceans, as well as searching for insects in the fossil record—both from new fossil sites and perhaps miscategorized fossils already in collections.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • Except for March 22 when high winds caused the cancellation of the men’s and women’s downhill races, the 5850 Fest went off without a hitch.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Some of them are physical, downhill runners, and some of them are guys who can take a misdirection, scissors-type run and go the other direction with it.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Descent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descent. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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