chipping
Example Sentences
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BOJ officials’ signaling of faster hikes is chipping away at perceptions of the central bank as slow-moving—a view that has long been a drag on the yen, the foreign-exchange strategist said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Taking the slower route of chipping away at your debt with your income, rather than your retirement savings, is the wiser option here.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
But how would any of that pencil out with Dodger Stadium closed most of the year, and with gondola traffic chipping away at revenue from parking fees that start at a monstrous $40?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
His pubs have previously missed out on government business rates support, and "the increases were so huge last year that now we're sort of chipping away at some of those increases".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
If she kept at it, chipping away at weak links wherever she found them, it might add up to something.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
