erosion
Example Sentences
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"If its vegetation and soil cover are not properly managed, the surface is easily subject to erosion, degrading farmland and forming sand dunes," Turkmen scientist Mukhammet Durikov told AFP.
From Barron's
The erosion of medical care’s fundamental nature as life-giving, hence the American Medical Association’s continued opposition to the practice.
"This study revealed the importance of such breccia, which forms due to the erosion of seafloor mountains along mid-ocean ridges, as a sponge for carbon in the long-term carbon cycle."
From Science Daily
The 6,498 "high consequence" defences were among about 8,500 that were not fully working as intended due to erosion, damage or being overgrown.
From BBC
It is the steady erosion of possibility for a generation.
From BBC
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