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as in to eat
to consume or wear away gradually
the fear that inflation will continue to erode people's savings
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as in to wear
to damage or diminish by continued friction
the winds and desert sands have eroded much of the original surface of these ancient monuments
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Recent Examples of erode
His audience only grew during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Kennedy devoted much of his time to a nonprofit organization that sued vaccine makers and harnessed social media campaigns to erode trust in vaccines as well as the government agencies that promote them.
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Amanda Seitz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent decades have seen presidents from both parties erode laws and norms meant to restrain their power, increasingly without the sort of pushback from members of their own party that restrained their predecessors (including FDR).
—Lawrence Norden, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
Scholarship on the decline of rural America suggests that people living outside larger cities are resentful of the economic forces that may have eroded their economic power.
—Bryan Tysinger, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Any utterance from Michaels’ lips would only serve to reveal his comedic secrets and erode the fascination people have with the program.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock.—
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The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.—
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As the United States waged war in Vietnam in the 1960s, the Supreme Court said a Des Moines high school could not prevent students from wearing black armbands in support of a truce.—
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Finally, pet owners should avoid handling dead birds where possible—and if essential, wear personal protective equipment, including gloves and a mask, when doing so.—
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Many other belongings from his tomb are believed to have been relocated due to the flooding that destroyed it.—
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Baldoni countersued, accusing Lively, Reynolds and Sloane of seeking to destroy his career.—
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The Rand Cai x Revolve Collection includes a 100 percent cotton jacket with a cropped fit, shoulder pads, a detachable hood and frayed detailing.—
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At stake is the security and trustworthiness of the largest and most important payments system in the world, one that was already fraying around the edges even before President Trump took office.—
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The TikTok clip opens with Matson pointing out corroding steel lintels, which are structural supports placed above windows and other openings to sustain the building's weight.—
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Additionally, a plumber can identify and replace severely corroded or restricted pipes to improve the water pressure.—
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Guided by billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration has moved aggressively the past week to fire probationary workers across federal departments and agencies in an effort to drastically reduce the size of the government.—
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An extra set of eyes and ears helps reduce the odds of injury.—
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Clean both hands between the fingers and fingertips, then rub the back of your fingers against your palms.—
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Someone in your network may rub you the wrong way today.—
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This year's storms won't erase looming drought worries across the entire southwestern U.S., experts fear.—
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Governor Maura Healey signaled an intent to resist an order from the U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration threatening to pull federal funding from schools that do not erase any trace of diversity, equity and inclusion policies in a statement Monday.—
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“Erode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erode. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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