attrition
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“I don’t think the rest of the world is ready to face an attrition reality,” Ziemba said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
They have stepped forward in this championship, but with each Irish try and each moment of Irish attrition you were reminded of the distance Scotland have left to travel.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The streaming reversal was a big reason for layoffs that, combined with attrition, have shrunk Pixar from 1,500 employees to 1,100.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
“For the last 30 years, we’ve been having zero losses in combat. Now, attrition with these high-end weapons systems, whether friendly-fire or enemy-fire, shows us we need more aircraft.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
He’d had good experiences with almost all of them, though in his business there was an above-average rate of attrition and turnover.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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