How to pronounce decay
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“decay” in real sentences
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That's what we call radioactive decay or nuclear decay.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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and muons can decay called the Fairmy theory of beta decay.
Big Think · hear it here
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a slower exponential decay.
NIH · hear it here
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regular with very nice decay if you have good regularity and good decay for
Alex Amenta · hear it here
Why real speech
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