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as in decay
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as in deteriorating
to become worse or of less value
the house slowly fell into disrepair and rotted
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as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
rotting vegetation on the bank of the river
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Recent Examples of rotting
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
The rotting corpse flower’s putrid stench cast a spell Thursday across Roseville High School’s campus.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Churches, libraries, and houses stand splintered and rotting next to posh tourist resorts, the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Warm soil can interfere with tuber growth and increase the likelihood of your potatoes rotting in the ground.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
The garden reeks of rotting figs.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
His teeth were rotting; his toenails were mostly black.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
These cabinets held nothing but nameless rotting bodies.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Always allow the soil to dry completely before watering to avoid rotting the roots.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
The research team revealed that plastination is a new method for managing moisture in wood by replacing water in the cellular structure with a silicone compound to create a durable, hydrophobic barrier that resists swelling, rotting, and cracking.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
The rotting corpse flower’s putrid stench cast a spell Thursday across Roseville High School’s campus.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Churches, libraries, and houses stand splintered and rotting next to posh tourist resorts, the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Warm soil can interfere with tuber growth and increase the likelihood of your potatoes rotting in the ground.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
The garden reeks of rotting figs.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
His teeth were rotting; his toenails were mostly black.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
These cabinets held nothing but nameless rotting bodies.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Always allow the soil to dry completely before watering to avoid rotting the roots.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotting
Noun
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Keep the mulch at least two inches away from woody stems to prevent decay and disease.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Tyranids represent man's fear of the natural world, nature's inexorable ability to overwhelm, decay, and devour all of man's greatest works.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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For now, all that can be said for certain, judging by the latest implosion in his current employers West Ham’s fast-deteriorating season, is that nobody has benefited from his falling-out with Edu and the sequence of events that brought about Nuno’s exit from the City Ground.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Iran has been racked by protests over the past several days around deteriorating economic conditions in the country, made worse by a growing water crisis and severe sanctions against Tehran.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bugs and scientists have long been oddball allies in the effort to understand decomposing bodies, but there's a catch.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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The round spots seemed neat compared with their surroundings, clear of the layers of decomposing plankton spotted elsewhere on the seafloor.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Caldwell will play a pivotal role as the Wolves and Lynx explore a new arena, search for solutions to the league-wide crumbling of regional sports television networks and try to maximize revenue streams.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The next year, there was a nearly 10 percent rise in homelessness in the city, worsening an already difficult situation.—
Saumya Roy,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Hurricane Milton also opened Milton Pass, slicing Stump Pass Beach State Park in half and destabilizing nearby barrier islands, which could lead to worsening beach erosion.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The decaying Avenger is one of a dozen wrecks in three very different underwater environments — the western Pacific Ocean off Saipan, Lake Huron, shared by Michigan and Ontario, and the Italian Mediterranean — investigated as part of the ambitious pilot project involving eDNA.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The place is decaying and strict, but Luna refuses to give in to its rules.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Of the 20 dead cats, eight were too decayed for a necropsy exam, which determines the cause of death of a dead animal and any associated diseases or injuries.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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The breakthrough came when researchers focused on coelomic fluid, the internal liquid surrounding the sea stars’ organs, rather than tissue from decayed specimens.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The trail stays level early on and crosses the road a couple of times before descending through a grove of Arizona cypress to a shallow drainage.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Senate’s negotiations on reopening the government are descending into another impasse.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Rotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotting. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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