erosion
Example Sentences
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These have resulted in weaker profitability and greater net asset value erosion over time relative to business-development company peers.
Water was scarce; wetlands and lakes turned into swamps through soil erosion and overuse.
“The biggest way to lose wealth is through the erosion of asset values through inflation,” says Adam Bergman, founder of IRA Financial, a platform for self-directed individual retirement accounts.
From Barron's
The erosion of his support has come at the margins, among centrist Republican and independent voters.
From BBC
At the same time, the loss of most plant life on land increased erosion, sending additional material into the oceans.
From Science Daily
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