as in deteriorating
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as in worsened
to become worse or of less value
the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect
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as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue
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Recent Examples of deteriorated
Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
Much of the earthen and stone structures have deteriorated with time, but their scale is not lost.
—Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
The situation has deteriorated to the point that the finger-pointing has begun, with Harris’s Pennsylvania campaign manager, Nikki Lu, taking much of the blame.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Oct. 2024
Since then, the situation in the Gaza Strip has further deteriorated.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tasks include removing damaged, deteriorated or failing decking and repairing decking as needed; installing sacrificial layer on both cabin roofs and new roofing on both cabins.
—Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Odds are the situation has deteriorated further, considering cost-of-living increases over the intervening years.
—Next Avenue, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The National Weather Service warned residents to shelter-in-place as conditions deteriorated Wednesday evening while Hurricane Milton roared toward Florida's beleaguered west coast.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Conditions deteriorated as the storm approached, and the Coast Guard instructed the captain to put on a life jacket and stay with the vessel's locator beacon.
—Allie Weintraub, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
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As Putin kept stacking charges, the conditions of his imprisonment deteriorated.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
Much of the earthen and stone structures have deteriorated with time, but their scale is not lost.
—Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
The situation has deteriorated to the point that the finger-pointing has begun, with Harris’s Pennsylvania campaign manager, Nikki Lu, taking much of the blame.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Oct. 2024
Since then, the situation in the Gaza Strip has further deteriorated.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tasks include removing damaged, deteriorated or failing decking and repairing decking as needed; installing sacrificial layer on both cabin roofs and new roofing on both cabins.
—Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Odds are the situation has deteriorated further, considering cost-of-living increases over the intervening years.
—Next Avenue, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The National Weather Service warned residents to shelter-in-place as conditions deteriorated Wednesday evening while Hurricane Milton roared toward Florida's beleaguered west coast.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Conditions deteriorated as the storm approached, and the Coast Guard instructed the captain to put on a life jacket and stay with the vessel's locator beacon.
—Allie Weintraub, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deteriorated
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But that violence has worsened under Traore, according to experts and human rights watchdogs.Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advertisements in swing states such as Arizona feature the testimonials of women with unviable pregnancies who could not get timely medical care until their health worsened because of doctors’ fears of running afoul of state laws.Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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The permissiveness of college administrators in their tolerance for intolerance against free speech on campus has degraded free-speech protections dramatically.Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
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The hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1912 and the 1960s, not only blocked salmon from reaching spawning areas but also degraded the river’s water quality, contributing to toxic algae blooms and disease outbreaks that at times killed masses of fish.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Houses floated away, while roads and bridges crumbled.Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
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Continue reading … HOUSE OF SIN – Epstein accuser lifts the curtain on Diddy as his empire crumbled.Fox News, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
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The yen remained weakened after Ishiba downplayed the prospect of imminent interest rate hikes earlier this week.Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
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Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
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Many of the displaced have descended on Beirut, Bawab said.Helena Skinner, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Its sister festival, Bourbon & Beyond, held the weekend prior, saw 210,000 attendees across its four days, including a record-breaking 60,000 fans who descended on the grounds on Saturday, which was headlined by Zach Bryan.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
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The treasure trove included the rarest of rare examples from Lamborghini, Porsche, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz, stored in various states of disrepair, either in ramshackle steel sheds or out in the open.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
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Baker tours the ramshackle, bilingual American dream of ethnic rivalries between Russians and Armenians and belligerent working-class youths addicted to sneakers and video games.Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2024
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According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
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“Deteriorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deteriorated. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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