dilapidate

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Recent Examples of dilapidate The apparent voter approval allows the village to proceed with construction of a new approximate 10,000 square foot clubhouse/pro shop replacing the existing clubhouse that was built nearly a century ago, and has been long been viewed as dilapidated by village officials. Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023 The initial goal was to repair and renovate it; however, this proved to be impossible as the original structure was too dilapidated. Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 28 Mar. 2023 The towers would replace a four-acre debris heap where the famed but dilapidated Deauville Beach Resort from the 1950s sat until courts ordered it to be imploded. Mark Bisnow, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023 Two years ago the school board considered closing Reynolds and moving students and staff to nearby campuses because Reynolds’ 28 modular classrooms installed in 1987 were dilapidated and in need of replacement. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for dilapidate 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilapidate
Verb
  • But those explicit depictions underscore the many points McCartney and McLennan are trying to make about how misogyny putrefies society.
    Alexis Gunderson, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • It was designed to hold 20 bodies but on this day held 28 — the putrefied remains testifying to two dozen shattered dreams of reaching the United States.
    Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Verb
  • The bodies had already begun to decompose, suggesting that the people had died some time before they were discovered.
    Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Ordinarily, plants exposed to a fire’s heat begin to decompose and become fuel, but Phos-Chek acts as a coating, creating a barrier that consumes the heat energy.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • However, Lehr said, if 5% of residents come forward and vote against the termination, then the deal can disintegrate.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • This finding offers important new insight into the evolutionary underpinnings of outer ears, which are typically difficult to study, because cartilage disintegrates over time and does not fossilize like bone.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This process is political and has been corrupted to the core.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Another dish that has not been corrupted is a slice of smearcase.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This action further degrades ISIS's ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Throbbing and thumping bass frequencies, which are harder to tame than higher frequencies like splashy cymbals and twangy guitars, will typically degrade the audio quality in smaller rooms.
    Parker Hall, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • And so my part was always diminished in his presence.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2025
  • However, as time progresses, intimacy can diminish, leading to a sense of disconnection.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • New ways of life in rural Colorado On the Western Slope, ranching and farming — along with the once-prominent mining and coal industries — have receded.
    Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Sports Afterward, the Bills quietly receded from playoff contention and spent years in the football wilderness with 10 different head coaches and 20 starting quarterbacks.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Elon Musk, who is working to downsize the federal government as part of the DOGE initiative, has targeted USAID for closure.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Shopping centers have added new restaurants, turned former stores into apartments or gotten demolished for completely new uses, as mall anchors like Sears have shuttered and others like Macy’s are downsizing.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025

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