degrade

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as in to reduce
to bring to a lower grade or rank the view that such a system degrades doctors to the status of medical employees who ultimately are not in charge of their patients' health care

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Recent Examples of degrade More than 80 percent of Scotland’s peatlands are degraded. Toby Ann Halamka, JSTOR Daily, 6 Feb. 2025 The researchers also coated the electrodes with a thin layer of material that helps prevent crystals of aluminum from forming, which would degrade battery performance over time. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2025 To strip her name from her and contort it into a term that is most often used to degrade artists who look like her is simply dehumanizing. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025 Topaz Labs View 1 Images Topaz Labs, which makes powerful photo and video enhancement software, just showed off a new AI model that automatically enhances old footage, from your home video collection to archival content that may have degraded over time on traditional media. New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for degrade
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Verb
  • Exports fell as Chinese buyers looked to places like Brazil for soybeans, reducing the market share of American farmers.
    Alana Semuels, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Other Ways To Prevent Wrinkles Most dermatologists agree that lifestyle changes are an effective way to reduce signs of skin aging.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Read: The chaos in higher ed is only getting started The situation could deteriorate if current doctoral students start jumping ship.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
  • So organs deteriorate while doctor after doctor rejects them.
    Brian M. Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In one sentence, Hegseth turned a conflict, in which Moscow had been roundly diminished and humiliated for three years, into the chaotic re-ordering of continental security, in which Moscow may somehow dominate to its west.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Zachary Basu Feb 15, 2025 - Politics & Policy Trump strangles Europe President Trump stunned, strangled and humiliated Europe — leaving America's closest continental ally dazed and dumbfounded.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
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  • Julien flirted with the Mendoza Line before being demoted to the minors after 60 games.
    Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Cockfield confirmed a supervisor was suspended for 30 days and demoted.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
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  • In the fourth quarter of 2024, WK Kellogg reported net sales of $640 million, a decrease of 1.7% compared to $651 million in the same period in 2023, impacted by a 5.6% volume decline and a 40 basis point headwind from the weakening Canadian dollar.
    Joe Cornell, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Fed officials are closely monitoring inflation and the labor market for signs of a potentially weakening economy.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But Dickens claims the opposite, and argues that the research purporting to discredit spelling has fallen out of date.
    Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Incident brought ‘discredit to the Sheriff’s Office’ Sgt.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • What starts as a series that aims to subvert the heist genre at every turn, amped with thrilling life-or-death stakes, family dynamics and explosive action, actually gives birth to an exploration of what drives us, sustains us, and ultimately destroys us.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Second, Trump has been able to subvert our system of checks and balances because so many, including congressional Republicans, fear his retribution.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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  • And the All-Star game embarrassed everyone who has ever picked up a basketball.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Callers are encouraged to share details that range from embarrassing to criminal.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Degrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degrade. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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