attrition
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The federal support also helped reduce attrition, a problem that has long plagued the notoriously underpaid childcare sector.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
"Restoring a more youthful microbiome can reverse several core features of aging at both the molecular and functional level, including inflammation, fibrosis, mitochondrial decline, telomere attrition, and DNA damage," Dr. Li said.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
The rate of attrition, or the number of service members leaving the military, has also declined slightly, after being described as causing "a death spiral" by former Defence Minister Bill Blair in 2024.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
She negotiated an expensive package of police raises in an effort to slow attrition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Marine General Victor Krulak showed the secretary a detailed report he’d written that seemed to prove mathematically that Westmoreland’s war of attrition was doomed.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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