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attrition

[uh-trish-uhn] / əˈtrɪʃ ən /




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The AL Central, with the White Sox and Cleveland Guardians engaged in a sad war of attrition, isn’t much better than the West.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It’s unclear if Trump has ever actually watched Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards take on creepy-crawlies in an endless war of intergalactic attrition.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Abiy seems to view this as a war of attrition for now, and because he can use drones essentially unopposed, he can keep it going for a lot longer."

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Researchers additionally performed sensitivity analyses to assess attrition bias.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Marine General Victor Krulak showed the secretary a detailed report he’d written that seemed to prove mathematically that Westmoreland’s war of attrition was doomed.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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