attritional
Example Sentences
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Military experts don’t expect the pattern of attritional fighting to change this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Or will 2026 be another year of grim attritional war, with Moscow and Kyiv treating the U.S. mediation effort as another battlefront?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
An attritional 18-play drive lasting nearly 10 minutes led to a field goal and slender lead for New England.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
"It has been relentless for him. He is a very capable leader who has driven real change, but at some point it becomes unsustainably attritional."
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
The attritional effect of repeated raids may be very great.
From Sound Military Decision by Kalbfus, Edward C. (Edward Clifford)
