as in corrosion
a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction
the erosion of the banks along the river worries flood experts
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The president-elect’s own secretary of state designate, Marco Rubio, in the first Trump administration wrote to President Trump expressing his concerns about democratic erosion, backsliding and the relationship between the Hungarians and the Russians.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Zambia Western Zambia is home to a remarkable landscape whose inhabitants have built their culture around seasonal river flooding, but erosion, droughts, and other climate effects are threatening these living traditions.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Stronger waves, fresh water dumped by heavier rainfalls and more sunny-day flooding could also add to the erosion of the limestone that all of South Florida is built on, Chinowsky said.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Research also found a troubling correlation between the receipt of these funds and the erosion of free speech norms, alongside a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Zambia Western Zambia is home to a remarkable landscape whose inhabitants have built their culture around seasonal river flooding, but erosion, droughts, and other climate effects are threatening these living traditions.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Stronger waves, fresh water dumped by heavier rainfalls and more sunny-day flooding could also add to the erosion of the limestone that all of South Florida is built on, Chinowsky said.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Research also found a troubling correlation between the receipt of these funds and the erosion of free speech norms, alongside a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Erosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erosion. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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