1
as in weakening
a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body
muscle deterioration resulting from prolonged disuse
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2
as in degradation
a change to a lower state or level
a deterioration in the quality of food at that once-thriving restaurant
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Recent Examples of deterioration
This continuous real-time oversight allows for faster medical responses, improving early detection of clinical deterioration and reducing the likelihood of life-threatening events.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The results are rising food prices, unsafe food, and the deterioration of our environment.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The deterioration of market breadth indicators going back to the fourth quarter of 2024 has provided a fantastic confirmation of the bearish conditions affecting the major equity averages.
—David Keller, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Retail spending, which is the lifeblood of the economy, is waning, while measures of consumer confidence show a sharp deterioration of late.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The results are rising food prices, unsafe food, and the deterioration of our environment.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The deterioration of market breadth indicators going back to the fourth quarter of 2024 has provided a fantastic confirmation of the bearish conditions affecting the major equity averages.
—David Keller, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Retail spending, which is the lifeblood of the economy, is waning, while measures of consumer confidence show a sharp deterioration of late.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deterioration
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Beyond infrastructure strain, our information environment also shows signs of degradation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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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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One hundred and thirteen years later, much of the great vessel — and what’s left of its splendors — remains in the same spot it was found four decades ago in 1985, though decay and human interference have changed its form over time.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Water fluoridation has been proven to be so effective at preventing tooth decay that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named it one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, a time during which Americans' life expectancies rose by 30 years.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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This is a result of a profit-first capitalist system in crisis in the epoch of imperialism’s decline.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Most of the decline in yields was from a decrease in the real, after-inflation yield demanded by investors, which reversed some of the increase from the previous week.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The changing declination also defines the daily arc that the sun takes across the sky, thereby accounting for the length of daylight.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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The sun's changing declination is what determines whether the sun's rays strike us at a low angle or more directly.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Deterioration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deterioration. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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