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The phrase "a string of dilapidated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series or collection of things that are in a state of disrepair or ruin.
Example: "As we walked through the old neighborhood, we noticed a string of dilapidated houses that had been abandoned for years."
Alternatives: "a series of run-down" or "a chain of decaying".
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In the Belgian province of West Flanders, an eight-mile-long street is home to a string of dilapidated pin-up clubs, sex palaces and brothels.
The Southeastern Provision plant located just off the main roadway, past cattle farms and clapboard churches is made up of a string of dilapidated barn buildings, but it is the third-largest business in Grainger County.
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He let loose a string of expletives.
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He gives you a string of examples.
ITX made a string of unprofitable acquisitions.
Think of a string of pearls.
A string of good deals followed.
We took in scenery that included a dilapidated building branded "The Roadhouse," the hard scrabble remains of old gravel pits, a circle of empty open-air jeeps painted in camouflage colors, and a string of steel electric towers that stretched out to the horizon.
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