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as in to deteriorate
to become worse or of less value
the condition of the house worsened with every year of neglect
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Recent Examples of worsen
This proposal would worsen this inequity, even with the reduction in the non-homestead cap.
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Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
As health insurers and plan sponsors specifically express reluctance to cover weight loss drugs, access worsens for some who need treatments most.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
At the time, Atmos said the rise reflects better leak detection and faster repairs, not worsening conditions.
—Brian New, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Experts have long known that excess alcohol use worsens osteoporosis.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 1 June 2026
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Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
As health insurers and plan sponsors specifically express reluctance to cover weight loss drugs, access worsens for some who need treatments most.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
At the time, Atmos said the rise reflects better leak detection and faster repairs, not worsening conditions.
—Brian New, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Experts have long known that excess alcohol use worsens osteoporosis.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worsen
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Officials have described the overhaul as a long-overdue restoration effort aimed at addressing decades of deferred maintenance, including deteriorating infrastructure, water damage, failing HVAC systems and structural concerns throughout the building.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
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Farm credit quality is deteriorating — row crop farmers are experiencing a third consecutive year of declining crop receipts, and farm loan delinquency rates have reached their highest levels since 2021.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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She was ultimately convicted on all 12 counts stemming from their deaths, including murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, and drug possession.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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Fiedler is capable of aggravating us but not of boring us.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Hyde has McCallany playing Detective Grimes, a haunted investigator descending into the decaying underbelly of a crumbling metropolis while hunting a brutal serial killer.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 June 2026
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They were set in crumbling castles and moldering dungeons—that is, amid the rubble of a collapsing social order.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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As these political divides deepen, observers doubt the election’s credibility.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Cultural and political divides deepen in the community, and even within the same household, when a woman brings a single migrant woman into her home.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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At least 45 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday after celebrations over Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory descended into chaos, with fires set, businesses vandalized and crowds clashing with police.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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In humans, the larynx has descended far down into the neck.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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As climate pressures intensify, biodiversity shrinks and consumers demand more transparency, the push to preserve older grain varieties and livestock breeds is reshaping what shows up in grocery aisles and on restaurant menus.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Climate models predict a continued, long-term decline of snowpack as the effects of climate change intensify.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Mahuna declined to say what evidence led investigators to identify Baker as a suspect.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Officials cited budget deficits, underutilized buildings, and declining enrollment as reasons for the closures.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Her feeling was exacerbated by the death of her father in 1991, and as well as one of her friends, who passed suddenly from cancer.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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The federal government and the city’s creditors had demanded budget cuts, which in turn exacerbated the already squalid conditions around the city.—
Kevin Lozano,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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