eat away

Example Sentences

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“Early trends in the 2026 summer suggest the transition to solar and batteries continues to eat away at gas use.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“The Complex” works instead by painstaking accretion—or rather, by erosion, recording in granular detail all the lies and violations that eat away at the Chopras’ respectable facade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Recent trading action notwithstanding, software shares have been battered this year over fears that artificial intelligence will eat away at traditional business models.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Others in the sector, from Salesforce to Adobe, have also suffered under the weight of expectations—and the assumption that AI will slowly eat away at their businesses.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

It was as hot as any natural fire, but it did not eat away at the wood; instead, it licked at the fallen branches, almost caressing them.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo