rots

present tense third-person singular of rot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rots If Britain continues down the path of criminalizing thought and prayer, the alliance risks being reduced to polite diplomacy while its moral core rots away. Lois McLatchie Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rots
Verb
  • Remodels stall, menu updates fall flat, and guest experience deteriorates.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This means green signals are inherently weaker, and when outdoor sunlight adds noise, the measurement range shrinks even further, and accuracy deteriorates.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When leaves fall to the ground, the carbon stays in these leaves, breaks down, and decomposes and releases nutrients back into the soil that plants can take in.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.
    Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film reportedly follows Streep’s Miranda as the magazine industry crumbles around her.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
  • However, the film often crumbles under the weight of the ambitions.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The debris collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Recruits typically come from deprived areas, and as Russia’s economy disintegrates in slow motion, the bonanza offered by the army looks increasingly appealing.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In September and October, the core of the Milky Way is visible as soon as twilight descends.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Each fisher who descends on Bristol Bay for the season can’t afford to take their eye off of the prize.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This could include some sort of novel, exotic form of mass or energy, a non-standard form of dark matter or dark energy that decays or otherwise interacts, or a modification to one or more laws of physics.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Competitive advantage now decays in months, not years.
    Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Chronic financial stress raises cortisol levels, which, over time, damages the immune system, increases risk for hypertension and heart disease and worsens mental health.
    Dr. Melissa Weathersby, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • About 23% to 83% of people with the disease find that exposure to UV rays worsens their condition.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If the Supreme Court declines review, Hernandez would face retrial unless prosecutors decide not to pursue the case further.
    Adeola Adeosun Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Times’ proprietor, Patrick Soon-Shiong, now declines to support political candidates, a decision that conflicts with his community’s liberal constituency.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Rots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rots. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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