eating away
Example Sentences
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Those interest rates are eating away at your ability to save for retirement, and have the peace of mind and confidence to move forward with your life.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
She quickly set teams to work designing new graphics cards for videogames—AMD’s chips power PlayStation and Xbox consoles, among other gaming systems—and more powerful data-center and PC chips, steadily eating away at Intel’s market share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Dame Clare Moriarty, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: “For those on the lowest incomes, these unavoidable costs are already eating away at their finances, leaving their budgets stretched beyond breaking point.”
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
“How do you balance staying informed and not eating away at your own mental health?” she said.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
I don’t know what the real problem is, but it’s clearly eating away at her.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
