erode
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But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students and forcing teachers to devise innovative methods to detect cheating and evaluate assignments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Renewed investor concern that high government deficits could erode the value of fiat currencies is one reason behind the shift in thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Women's Aid chief executive Farah Nazeer meanwhile said the scheme could further erode "incredibly low" trust in the criminal justice system, meaning "even greater numbers of women and children may be left without protection".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Make sure there’s an inflation rider — inflation over 30 years could erode the value of your policy if you don’t have one in place — and that the policy covers dementia.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Did the mountain erode in all the rain?
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“As tides change and sand erodes over time, it is common for military ordnance to reveal itself at this location,” the post stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
Using the Congressional Budget Office’s projected 2026 borrowing pace, he finds one year of debt issuance erodes an additional 18 basis points of the remaining margin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
But the liquid from within bounced on the still water like a violent rainstorm that erodes the land.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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Already this year, multiple counties and towns have declared local emergencies as a spell of powerful tropical storms from the Pacific generated high surf that eroded local beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
If those safeguards are gradually eroded, he says, “the issue is no longer only whether the AfD is ‘bad for Jews.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Further south, at least seven homes in Dana Point were declared uninhabitable after the coast on which they sit rapidly eroded, with one house collapsing into the sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"That's been eroded through increases in the National Living Wage, increases in National Insurance contributions and huge increases in the supply chain," he told the NI Affairs Committee.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
I could make out the spine and ribs—wearing a breastplate of eroded greenish bronze—but the rest of the skeleton was too deep within the coral now.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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The proposals triggered an outcry across many parts of the criminal justice world, with many opponents saying that eroding the 800-year-old right to trial by jury would not solve the backlogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Already this year, multiple counties have declared local emergencies as a spell of powerful, tropical storms from the Pacific sent high surf to Southern California, eroding local beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The group, which doesn’t normally issue statements, said the changes are eroding freedom of navigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The changes are eroding freedom of navigation, a cornerstone of global shipping, the group said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Percy’s energy had drained out of him, leaving him weak and feverish, like his insides were eroding.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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