as in deterioration
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as in deteriorating
to become worse or of less value
the condition of the house worsened with every year of neglect
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as in deepening
to make more severe
the harsh winter only worsened the fuel shortage
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Recent Examples of worsening
Kylie Mohr, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
The conflict is delaying training for thousands of medical students, likely leading to a worsening health care crisis for Sudan for years to come.
—Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The stagnation of major economies is worsening the situation.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The United States withdrew its forces from Europe while demanding debt payments from allies, who passed the costs on to Germany, worsening its financial turmoil and hastening its slide into Nazism.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Tell your healthcare provider about any side effects or worsening symptoms.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Elton John made light of his worsening eyesight while presenting the award for Best Original Score at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Federal and state officials said the new operating rules for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project that were developed over the last three years will bring greater stability to the state’s supplies in the face of worsening droughts intensified by climate change.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
These conditions may have more severe symptoms that are worsening your PMS.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
Highly flammable tamarisk shrubs have taken root in thick stands near streams in the western US, and eucalyptus — one of the primary invasive trees blamed for worsening Chile’s recent wildfires as well as fires in Portugal — increases wildfire risk in California.
—Kylie Mohr, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
The conflict is delaying training for thousands of medical students, likely leading to a worsening health care crisis for Sudan for years to come.
—Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The stagnation of major economies is worsening the situation.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The United States withdrew its forces from Europe while demanding debt payments from allies, who passed the costs on to Germany, worsening its financial turmoil and hastening its slide into Nazism.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Tell your healthcare provider about any side effects or worsening symptoms.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Elton John made light of his worsening eyesight while presenting the award for Best Original Score at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Federal and state officials said the new operating rules for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project that were developed over the last three years will bring greater stability to the state’s supplies in the face of worsening droughts intensified by climate change.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
These conditions may have more severe symptoms that are worsening your PMS.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worsening
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Based on the deterioration of the relationship, a trade — as soon as possible — would appear the preferred alternative, particularly with this latest two-game suspension to otherwise put Butler back in play for the Heat as soon as Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic at Kaseya Center.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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For women, especially, working could, therefore, be dangerous for them physically and could lead to the deterioration of their health: a result that could adversely affect their roles as mothers and their subsequent responsibility to raise future generations, especially boys.—
Eva Epker,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Her body is deteriorating in front of us, and yet my daughter and her vet say, if (the dog) looks happy, leave her be.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
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With the relationship between the two companies deteriorating, Qualcomm may have to consider using another architecture before its ALA expires in 2033.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Many of their veterans are in deepening slumps at the wrong time.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Despairing of his father’s physical decline and deepening depression, Filip and his friend and co-director Fredrik Wikingsson (the pair are popular TV personalities in Sweden) conspire to get the old man out of the house and on the road – to France.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2024
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This stylish planter keeps plants well-watered and is virtually indestructible, designed to resist cracking and crumbling even in freezing temperatures.—
Rachel Ahrnsen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Jan. 2025
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Since gaining public recognition in 2013, a spate of crumbling buildings in Ireland has been known as the mica crisis or scandal.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Dec. 2024
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Inflationary pressures are also likely intensifying, in part due to the recent depreciation of the ruble.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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What To Know While Winter Storm Blair and the polar vortex are not the same, they are expected to overlap, potentially intensifying and causing more extreme conditions, particularly ice and sleet.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Hence, the population loss was bandied about Red America as irrefutable evidence of the blue state’s social collapse, its moral rot and the failings of its left-leaning political leadership.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Franklin is a legend in his own mind that refuses to address and remedy his faults and failings.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The International Monetary Fund cited a number of contributing factors that led to a global cost-of-living crisis in its annual report last year, including the pandemic and climate change, which disrupted food and supply chains, in addition to geopolitical conflict’s aggravating the problems.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
18 Dec. 2024
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But he was sidelined with a groin injury late in training camp and apparently returned too soon, aggravating the injury in Week 2 and then being held out until Week 9.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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Here’s a breakdown of the top 10 highest-grossing films in descending at the worldwide box office in 2024.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Another duty involved descending for a dangerous 90 seconds inside of a Canadian nuclear reactor that had melted down.—
Jonathan Alter,
TIME,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Worsening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worsening. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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