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erode

[ih-rohd] / ɪˈroʊd /


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The experience of the nonagency mortgage-backed securities market before the 2008 financial crisis shows how opacity can enable misrepresentations of asset quality, erode investor confidence and contribute to market unraveling.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Critics are concerned this transfer will erode the government’s ability to go after other kinds of tax violations.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Still, prolonged high fuel prices could eventually erode margins, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

She said a Year 8 reading assessment would increase pressure on pupils at a point in their education when confidence matters most, and that it would narrow the curriculum and erode teacher autonomy.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

And with all the cold-weather rowing interspersed with days when they couldn’t row at all, the boys’ morale began to erode.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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