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
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
Other nations targeted by China’s export controls, such as Japan, are also taking steps to erode Beijing’s dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Root systems protect Lake Tahoe’s clarity by stabilizing soils that could erode, and uptaking nutrients that would feed algae in the lake,” Cowen wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The GAC had reached the conclusion that the intensified test schedule really was placing insupportable pressure on Los Alamos; sooner or later, Oppenheimer feared, the workload would erode the quality of the lab’s product.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
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
The snow erodes, leaving the potholes in the roads near our house filled with muddy water.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Swiss cement maker Holcim is being sued by residents of an Indonesian island being eroded by rising sea levels.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
She said restructurings were necessary as companies adapt to changing consumption patterns, which have eroded the more lucrative TV economics of yesteryear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Savers may be offered more generous returns, but the spending power of their savings could be eroded by the rising cost of living.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The earth was eroded to gray clay, and deep arroyos cut through the length of the valley between the mesas.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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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
But meanwhile, the financial pressures are eroding a prized segment of the city’s housing stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Normally, rising energy prices could hurt the consumer by eroding inflation-adjusted earnings, but “what’s swamped that is the wealth effect that is coming from the equity market,” said Pathak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Now there were always at least two men on watch as the stubborn ice began eroding.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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