- present tense form of erode (3rd person singular).
erodes
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As a team, we believed that inspiration erodes apathy and yields empathy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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 wildflowers can’t push up, and when they don’t grow, the soil erodes and is carried into the streams by the rain.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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