erosion
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Situated between the tectonically active western United States and the more stable interior of the North American plate, the Wyoming Craton has experienced significant erosion over geologic time.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Fifty years from now, Powell’s stand against the president and against the erosion of Fed independence will be an integral part of his legacy, Blinder said.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
“The main concern I have right now is the income squeeze. We are seeing a gradual erosion of spending power,” Daco said to MarketWatch in an interview.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
"It should help to bind the bank together so it's stopping erosion from some of these excessive floods that we're experiencing more and more."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
In only about a hundred years in that city’s Central Park, its inscriptions have been almost totally obliterated, because of smog and industrial pollution—chemical erosion like that in the atmosphere of Venus.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing erosion
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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