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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dégringolade
Noun
  • Presbyopia is the gradual deterioration of your eyes' ability to focus on close objects.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Three others who died after release due to health deterioration caused by prison conditions.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum return for the follow-up and are seen in the trailer as Madame Morrible and the Wizard, respectively, plotting Elphaba’s demise.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • People have often tried to predict the end of the world, and while rumors of its imminent demise have been exaggerated, the viral video by Mhlakela and mixed social media reaction to it show the intrigue that the belief retains.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The one for the reel on which de Sanctis was working, for instance, told a sad story of degradation.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • According to the lead researcher Ernestine Lonpi Tipi, that period coincided with drought and the gradual degradation of forests, and subsequent scarcity of bushmeat.
    Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Starring Boszhardt, Gershon, Adrian Enscoe (Dickinson), Chelsea Gilligan (Star-Crossed), and Madison Lewis (Alexander IRL), the film chronicles the downfall of the once-powerful Wendolyn family.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And then another downfall just before the seventh-inning stretch.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rise in premium leisure travel post-pandemic has replaced some of the decline in corporate travel.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers have found that the Mediterranean and DASH diets protect against cognitive decline.
    Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But if those talks yielded any progress, or any setbacks, neither side is talking about it.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Argentine investors cheered the announcement, which came after the peso and stocks had tumbled in recent weeks following Milei’s setback in local elections.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On those three dates, variations in the moon's position relative to Earth's equator — particularly its declination — can influence tidal forces that subtly affect Earth's rotation rate.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Where corporate criminal investigations resolve without filing any criminal charges (through a declination or deferred prosecution agreement), companies should expect victims to still voice their views loudly to the Justice Department and beyond.
    Lisa Zornberg, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Richter agreed, expressing disappointment about the ways in which clean energy has become politicized.
    Katherine Fung Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There’s something beautiful about learning to get over that disappointment and all these expectations others have for us.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Dégringolade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9gringolade. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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