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Nearly all are requiring ethics courses along the way — as educators continue to grapple with cheating and with fears that heavy AI use will erode critical thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Careful savers saw years of historically low interest rates erode the income they once relied on from CDs and money-market accounts.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Survival-economy behavior can buy time but will eventually erode Iran’s financial underpinning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Taiwanese investigators said Wednesday they have raided dozens of locations as part of a probe into 17 Chinese-funded companies suspected of trying to "illegally" poach Taiwan's high-tech talent to erode the island's competitive edge.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The days continued to wear on, and their floe continued to erode.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

“That might not show up immediately, but over time people do recognize that change, and over time it erodes the brand positioning,” Stephens analyst Jim Salera said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

"Improved public services and better learning outcomes in schools will reinforce trust -- but if AI embeds bias in government decisions or erodes data privacy, that trust will be difficult to recover," said the statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

But often those patients can’t pay, leaving their bills to become bad debt that erodes hospital profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

As the icebergs drift, the seawater erodes them from below, until the berg abruptly topples over and continues its journey upside down.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

At the Old Bailey last year, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Gill had abused his position and had eroded "public confidence in democracy".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

They asked visitors to stay outside of the barricades and away from the eroded edge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Lower market prices for farm commodities and higher costs for fuel and fertilizer have eroded farmers’ incomes, causing them to refrain from buying new tractors, harvesters and other equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The social contract forged by the Revolution, he said, "has eroded" in recent years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The pleasant autumn days were all too quickly eroded by the winds of time.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The group of 18 shipping countries said attacks on ships signal a structural shift that is eroding the freedom of navigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

In an era when short TikTok and YouTube videos are being blamed for eroding attention spans and fueling a reading crisis, social media, it transpires, is creating new audiences for the classics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

He should know about eroding the foundations of commonality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

He was shorter than them, and real skinny, like the prairie winds were eroding him away.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli