as in eroding
to damage or diminish by continued friction
constant rubbing against the rock face has badly frayed our climbing rope
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Negotiations were fraying between the state and the powerful hospital industry over the plan to make hospitals relieve patient debt or lose billions of dollars of public funding tied to the state’s Medicaid expansion.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
After our many hikes, the shoes have no signs of rips, tears, or fraying.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
After our many hikes, the shoes have no signs of rips, tears, or fraying.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for fraying
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“Fraying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraying. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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