- present tense form of erode (3rd person singular).
erodes
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The big question is whether AI carries the science there, or quietly erodes the bricks it is built on.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
As a team, we believed that inspiration erodes apathy and yields empathy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Using the Congressional Budget Office’s projected 2026 borrowing pace, he finds one year of debt issuance erodes an additional 18 basis points of the remaining margin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The snow erodes, leaving the potholes in the roads near our house filled with muddy water.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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