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  • noun Plural form of degradation.

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Examples

  • In his memoir, "Pour Your Heart Into It," Mr. Schultz recalls the degradations of his youthful days waiting tables in the Catskills.

    The Point of Tipping 2008

  • In his memoir, "Pour Your Heart Into It," Mr. Schultz recalls the degradations of his youthful days waiting tables in the Catskills.

    The Point of Tipping 2008

  • These "degradations" rose to the surface with the convergence of 1) WikiLeaks revelations about their leaders and our policies, 2) the death of the US-sponsored 20-year Peace Process, and 3) the relatively new phenomenon of Arabs actually having access to this information -- via Al Jazeera, Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere.

    Sharmine Narwani: Washington's Valentine's Day Faux Pas in the Middle East Sharmine Narwani 2011

  • These "degradations" rose to the surface with the convergence of 1) WikiLeaks revelations about their leaders and our policies, 2) the death of the US-sponsored 20-year Peace Process, and 3) the relatively new phenomenon of Arabs actually having access to this information -- via Al Jazeera, Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere.

    Sharmine Narwani: Washington's Valentine's Day Faux Pas in the Middle East Sharmine Narwani 2011

  • These "degradations" rose to the surface with the convergence of 1) WikiLeaks revelations about their leaders and our policies, 2) the death of the US-sponsored 20-year Peace Process, and 3) the relatively new phenomenon of Arabs actually having access to this information -- via Al Jazeera, Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere.

    Sharmine Narwani: Washington's Valentine's Day Faux Pas in the Middle East Sharmine Narwani 2011

  • Metal experiences fatigue, connections can get brittle, and these degradations make spills more likely.

    Christopher F. Jones: An Oil Sand Marriage? Christopher F. Jones 2012

  • Everything that can go wrong does in this downward spiral through a series of humiliations, embarrassments and degradations that feels like a steeplechase through social-misfit hell.

    Humanity's Many Faces Steve Dollar 2011

  • But what matters is that the stage remind us of the degradations of war.

    Tactical Questioning - review 2011

  • Metal experiences fatigue, connections can get brittle, and these degradations make spills more likely.

    Christopher F. Jones: An Oil Sand Marriage? Christopher F. Jones 2012

  • Metal experiences fatigue, connections can get brittle, and these degradations make spills more likely.

    Christopher F. Jones: An Oil Sand Marriage? Christopher F. Jones 2012

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