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erode

verb as in deteriorate; wear away

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The rivalry is only intensifying and each kerfuffle, even if smoothed out, erodes trust between the two rivals.

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Additional challenges such as environmental noise, dissipation, and structural disorder further erode stability and storage efficiency.

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The U.S. and Australia this week announced plans to invest $3 billion in critical minerals aimed at eroding China’s hegemony.

The brutal divergence in performance is caused by what traders call “volatility decay,” or the tendency of price fluctuations to erode the long-term returns of a leveraged fund, even if the underlying asset goes up.

His critics argue that another term could deepen frustration and erode trust in democratic institutions - something that has dangerous echoes of the past.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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