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Meanings of eroding in English
(Geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
Usage of eroding in English
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The number of monarch butterflies seems to be eroding year after year.
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In the short-term, however, analysts said the contango structure was eroding profits.
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But there is no doubt that they are further eroding local democracy.
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The risk in avoiding volatility is inflation eroding the value of savings.
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OPEC's outlook adds to evidence that slowing economies are eroding fuel use.
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Higher refinancing activity has hit the mortgage market, eroding profits at REITs.
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It also blamed him for nearly causing losses and eroding shareholder value.
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Demoralisation and despair will be eroding Zuma's support from that constituency too.
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There are early signs that rivals are eroding some of Citi's profits.
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But many Hong Kong residents fear Beijing is steadily eroding that autonomy.
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Some critics blame securitization for eroding lending standards and diffusing lender accountability.
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The soaring tanker rates are eroding refiners' appetite for cheap crude oil.
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The eroding power that has made Niagara will perhaps be its undoing.
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I would not be safe in a portaledge on this eroding-in-real-time rock.
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The ball spit its toxic juice through my body, eroding my will.
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Around the back, piles of furnace ash were eroding into a gully.
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Eroding through the time
Eroding across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare