gradual erosion

collocation in English

meaningsofgradualanderosion

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