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Discover LudwigThe phrase "the degrade" is not correct and is not commonly used in written English.
The noun "degrade" does exist and can be used in a sentence, but it typically functions as a verb meaning to reduce the quality, value, or rank of something or someone. It can also be used as an adjective meaning lowered in quality or rank. Example: The constant exposure to the sun caused the paint on the house to degrade over time. In this sentence, "degrade" is used as a verb to describe the process of the paint becoming less valuable or of lower quality due to sun exposure. Example: The constant criticism from her boss led to a degradation of her confidence. In this sentence, "degradation" is used as a noun to describe the process of the woman's confidence being lowered or reduced by her boss's criticism.
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So good to see the degrade and the peony prints being revisited as codes of the house should.
Mr. Obama, officials said, is now determined to put more emphasis on the "degrade" part of what the administration has said is the goal of a military strike against Syria — to "deter and degrade" Mr. Assad's ability to use chemical weapons.
First, the degrade image is preprocessed by an image smoothing scheme to divide the image into two regions.
A simplified inverse model of power amplifier is included in the feedforward channel to reject the degrade performance caused by its low-pass characteristic.
Italy possesses a huge cultural-historical-artistic heritage; so, unfortunately, due to its costs such practice is not pursued in many cases and, as a consequence, big restoration works become unavoidable when the degrade extent approaches the artefact's destruction.
However, in practical systems, the degrade from transceiver impairments can only be partially compensated at the transmitter through calibration and pre-distortion, or at the receiver using sophisticated compensation algorithms.
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But like the Turbines, the tips that come with the Tours degrade the overall listening experience.
The "degrading, dirty, torturing experience" was shattering, he wrote.
Men, for example, never shared silverware with the degraded.
Supporter association "Der Nordwestkurven-Rat" castigated "the degrading measure of the highest order".
The degraded films were characterised by different techniques.
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