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as in eats
to consume or wear away gradually
the fear that inflation will continue to erode people's savings
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as in wears
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 erodes
This kind of emotional manipulation erodes trust over time, leaving employees feeling confused, isolated, and trapped.
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Toxic emotional intelligence erodes trust, stifles creativity, and damages employee morale.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Turning the workplace into a zero-sum game undermines workers, erodes culture and damages productivity.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
And even when there’s no excessive use of force, disparate enforcement erodes trust between communities and police.
—David Levinson, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Toxic emotional intelligence erodes trust, stifles creativity, and damages employee morale.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Turning the workplace into a zero-sum game undermines workers, erodes culture and damages productivity.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
And even when there’s no excessive use of force, disparate enforcement erodes trust between communities and police.
—David Levinson, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erodes
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While the specter of cannibalism haunts Yellowjackets’ flashbacks (until Shauna finally eats her dead bestie Jackie’s ear in the season 2 premiere), Class of ‘07 plays that survival trope—along with food poisoning, a lack of working toilets, and in one case murder—for macabre laughs.Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Each inspector eats out around 300 times a year and has 150 overnight stays.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Had Coppola focused on the dilemma of a white idealist challenged and intimidated by a black political power player, setting off political subterfuge that nearly destroys the dynasty Cesar was born to, Megalopolis might have ignited pop recognition and excitement.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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Short term, self-doubt destroys focus and productivity, stifles creativity, holds you back from setting audacious goals, and feels downright terrible.Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Studies show that switching between tasks reduces efficiency, increases mistakes, and exhausts the brain faster than focused work does.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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This piece of tech reduces the sniper’s signature by muffling or diverting the sound (some can divert them 90 degrees away from the barrel) and also reduces muzzle flash.Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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