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Which wonder was primarily shaped by natural erosion?

erosion

[ih-roh-zhuhn] / Ιͺˈroʊ Κ’Ι™n /


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The European Union last year condemned his arrest, saying it only heightened concerns about the "erosion of political pluralism" in Macau.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Lagarde is seeking to leverage her experience at the highest echelons of global policymaking to fight back against what she has described as an erosion of truth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Turkey's culture and tourism ministry has launched restoration work in the region to help preserve the fragile rock formations from climate-related damage, natural erosion and human activity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Over time, tectonic deformation, erosion, burial beneath sedimentary basins, and a younger episode of volcanic activity during the Eocene obscured much of the evidence of its existence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Despite some erosion, money retained value over relatively long periods.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The main headwinds Roche will face in 2027 are sales erosions for its Actemra and Perjeta drugs due to lower-priced biosimilar versions, Berenberg says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The ongoing Ebola crisis is escalating quickly, already ranked the third largest outbreak in history — and experts say erosions of U.S. health policy have fueled the crisis.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

In these nations, the patterns were similar – erosions in freedom of speech, open elections, the rule of law, judicial independence, civil society and academic freedom.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

And because the world, and one’s continued engagement with it, is a repeated litany of small erosions, it is through the practice of beauty that we learn to survive, to soar even.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

My face has not ignored the passage of time, but recorded it with scars, lines, furrows, and erosions.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck


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