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gradual erosion

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gradual
adjective
uk /ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/ us /ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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erosion
noun[U]
uk /ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/ us /ɪˈroʊ.ʒən/
the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, ...
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Examples of gradual erosion


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Chronic drug use over many years can lead to a gradualerosion of a person's ties to nondrug-using family members, friends and acquaintances.
The authors conclude that this rules out a selective sweep and favours instead gradualerosion of the ancestral balanced polymorphism that would have been maintained during the selfincompatible phase.
That is another example of the gradualerosion of the machine tool industry.
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We will not let it be destroyed by a gradualerosion of standards.
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Over many years we have seen the gradualerosion of local government powers.
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That will add to the gradualerosion of the contributory principle that we have experienced in recent years.
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One of the consequences of this gradualerosion of the taboo we see in the fact that nowdays most churches have to be kept locked.
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We argued for a system which went one way to rectify the gradualerosion of the representativeness of citizens from larger states.
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A gradualerosion, a gradual undermining, of the armed forces ethos is contributing to people leaving the services.
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She warned that it would lead to a gradualerosion of civil liberties and traditions.
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I believe that in recent years there has been a gradualerosion of confidence as between the different peoples in this country.
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One of these changes is the gradualerosion of the captive colonial markets which we once had.
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The second meaning is the gradualerosion of the value of the unit of currency.
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For example, multiple sclerosis can involve the gradualerosion of ability and a sudden loss of mobility.
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We have watched the gradualerosion of local government.
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Now we see the year-by-year gradualerosion of the public sector expenditure programmes by this cash limit process.
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Therefore, there is a gradualerosion of the railway service.
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With hindsight that view may have been overstated, but a gradualerosion is now taking place, and that is quite clear to nearly everyone.
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