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attrition

[uh-trish-uhn] / əˈtrɪʃ ən /




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Attrition has spread its staff thin, making it difficult to keep up with its other responsibilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Attrition continues to be an issue, particularly now that those pandemic-era funds have been exhausted.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

"Attrition remained the primary source of head-count reductions, but hiring freezes were more prevalent," said Timothy Fiore, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

Attrition rates were also higher at charter and cyber-charter schools and poorer public schools.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2023

But it decreases not the Resistance of Water considerably, as it would do if any considerable part of the Resistance of Water arose from the Attrition or Tenacity of its Parts.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir




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