1
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
Copper erodes naturally during the distillation process, Morris told me.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
An act like this just further feeds into the cycle of fear, grievance and retaliation that erodes democratic norms and highlights the dangerous realities that public figures across the political spectrum now have to deal with.
—Nick Mordowanec
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
That way, what looks like love and care actually erodes authenticity, creating an imbalance that harms both partners.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
How much inflation erodes your own current standard of living will vary far more among individuals than the CPI figure indicates.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Campaigners say high debt servicing costs and the IMF’s focus on austerity measures erodes public health care and education systems.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Jacobs and Booth argued that hiring David Geier compromises the integrity of the scientific process, erodes public trust, and provides a platform for unreliable information.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
And when trust erodes, so does investment.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
This all dramatically erodes his ironical and sad grandeur, turning our resigned hero into a peevish Lord Grantham.
—Anthony Paletta, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
An act like this just further feeds into the cycle of fear, grievance and retaliation that erodes democratic norms and highlights the dangerous realities that public figures across the political spectrum now have to deal with.
—Nick Mordowanec
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
That way, what looks like love and care actually erodes authenticity, creating an imbalance that harms both partners.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
How much inflation erodes your own current standard of living will vary far more among individuals than the CPI figure indicates.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Campaigners say high debt servicing costs and the IMF’s focus on austerity measures erodes public health care and education systems.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Jacobs and Booth argued that hiring David Geier compromises the integrity of the scientific process, erodes public trust, and provides a platform for unreliable information.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
And when trust erodes, so does investment.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
This all dramatically erodes his ironical and sad grandeur, turning our resigned hero into a peevish Lord Grantham.
—Anthony Paletta, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erodes
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Over time this eats away at your confidence and cause even the most talented and ambitious of entrepreneurs to play small rather than expand.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Here’s what Wright eats, and suggests to others, for a long and healthy life.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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First, Temi Otedola wears Christopher John Rogers to her legal wedding ceremony in Monaco.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the picture, Duggar holds her son, who wears a gray onesie and stares into the camera.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Liposuction surgically removes fat cells, while cryolipolysis freezes and destroys them.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the loving couple’s equilibrium hits a major bump when a freak coastal storm destroys Theo’s new building before its inauguration and viral videos compound his humiliation.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Risk perceptions keep capital in safe markets, compliance-heavy rules choke local access, and misinformation corrodes trust in the very tools meant to help.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This not only reinforces clarity, but also reduces the reliance on employees having to scribble notes word for word to decode later.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As the moon clashes with Mars, a partner’s behavior rubs you the wrong way.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lenker, in plaid, rubs her eyes; James Krivchenia leans forward, sparky and alert; Meek, outdoors in the Topanga sunshine, wears cycling glasses and a frowzy hat.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Reducing Zarutska’s cruel and untimely death to racist memes also erases the role that mental health — something that Republicans are happy to bring up whenever a white mass shooter guns down Americans in cold blood — likely played in the ghastly crime.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Something that erases any evidence of itself?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Erodes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erodes. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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