as in corrosion
a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction
the erosion of the banks along the river worries flood experts
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Recent Examples of erosion
The oft wild, higgledy-piggledy marketing of so many strains, preparations and products has lead to an erosion of meaning for the customer base.
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Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Rising seas and land erosion are another threat to the breadfruit’s future.
—Elaine Savory, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Spiraea can be a real problem solved in clay soils and helps control erosion.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
The audience needs to grasp the systemic factors that made Auschwitz possible: The totalitarian system, the terror, the erosion of humanity, and the promotion of opportunism.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Rising seas and land erosion are another threat to the breadfruit’s future.
—Elaine Savory, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Spiraea can be a real problem solved in clay soils and helps control erosion.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
The audience needs to grasp the systemic factors that made Auschwitz possible: The totalitarian system, the terror, the erosion of humanity, and the promotion of opportunism.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Erosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erosion. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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