eat away

Example Sentences

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Whether fast or slow, such losses eat away at the Fed’s capital and are ultimately charged to the government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Shares in the London Stock Exchange Group have fallen as much as 20% this year as investors fear that companies like Anthropic, the AI group, will eat away at its data and analytics business.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

Investors are assessing whether AI could eat away at the broker industry’s lucrative advisory fees and commissions while virtually eliminating niche businesses such as appraisal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Others in the sector, from Salesforce to Adobe, have also suffered under the weight of expectations—and the assumption that AI will slowly eat away at their businesses.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

Misty’s decision or not, he thought the guilt would eat away at him.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner