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as in worsening
to become worse or of less value
the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect
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as in degrading
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue
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as in deteriorated
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as in declining
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Recent Examples of deteriorating
Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
By then, the humanitarian situation was deteriorating quickly.
—Tom Bowman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
All blamed the deteriorating culture at the auction house.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, leaders in both Europe and Asia are more likely to be up at night worrying about deteriorating financial conditions.
—David Benigson, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Volunteers hung flags and lanterns to warn sailors of deteriorating conditions.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Unencumbered by the growing or deteriorating bodies of human actors, these series are set in an eternal quasi present, within which cultural references are constantly updated yet (with the exception of a recent Hill revival that fast-forwards eight years) everyone stays around the same age.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
As hospital employees faced empty promises and deteriorating conditions, investors profited.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
But his health was deteriorating.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
All blamed the deteriorating culture at the auction house.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, leaders in both Europe and Asia are more likely to be up at night worrying about deteriorating financial conditions.
—David Benigson, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Volunteers hung flags and lanterns to warn sailors of deteriorating conditions.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Unencumbered by the growing or deteriorating bodies of human actors, these series are set in an eternal quasi present, within which cultural references are constantly updated yet (with the exception of a recent Hill revival that fast-forwards eight years) everyone stays around the same age.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
As hospital employees faced empty promises and deteriorating conditions, investors profited.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
But his health was deteriorating.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deteriorating
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The National Park Service did not change its confine and contain strategy to reflect the worsening conditions and maintained that there was still no threat to public safety or developed areas.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Hidradenitis suppurativa tends to start after puberty and before age 40, persisting for many years and potentially worsening over time, according to Mayo Clinic.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Design for Choice, Not Chaos Present customers with multiple options, from digital wallets to local payment rails, without degrading user experience.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Are officials degrading citizens’ Internet access to sell them VPNs?—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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But with the deteriorated state, the possibility remains that the building may soon be auctioned off with no protection against demolition.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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As a result, there are 800,000 deteriorated apartments in New York today.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
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While pruning, remove any winter damage, along with dead and declining growths, to allow new shoots to reform the plant.—
Tom MacCubbin,
orlandosentinel.com,
6 Mar. 2021
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In order to reopen, counties must demonstrate declining prevalence of COVID-19, testing ability of 30 tests per 10,000 residents per week, contact tracing and isolation facilities.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
15 May 2020
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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
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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
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America’s retreat from WHO deepens the damage by weakening global systems for monitoring outbreaks, reviewing evidence and maintaining databases such as the Global Burden of Disease.—
Stan Chu Ilo,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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That underscored rising concerns of weakening in the labor market, a trend that has shown up in anecdotal evidence for several months.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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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
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Another cold front is descending across the Great Lakes region later Wednesday.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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This comes as reports continue to roll in that another August update fail has been corrupting PC SSDs when writing large files.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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May End Up Carrying Weapons—Report Stop the billionaire takeover corrupting our government.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Deteriorating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deteriorating. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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