attrition
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JPL has instituted painful cost-cutting measures of its own, reducing staffing from roughly 6,500 employees in 2023 to 4,500 last year through layoffs and attrition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"Witness attrition, where witnesses drop out of a trial altogether, is a huge risk."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
But, they add, Putin will be confronted with a stark choice in the coming months because of a simple arithmetic of attrition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
"Once demands escalate to the point of calling for a resignation, there's no backing down. It becomes more of a war of attrition," she said.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Marine General Victor Krulak showed the secretary a detailed report he’d written that seemed to prove mathematically that Westmoreland’s war of attrition was doomed.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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