erodes

• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of erode (3rd person singular).
  erode

  verb (used with object)

  to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.

Example Sentences

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erodes

She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Technology erodes precisely the kind of capabilities it seeks to build,” Schleicher said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Using the Congressional Budget Office’s projected 2026 borrowing pace, he finds one year of debt issuance erodes an additional 18 basis points of the remaining margin.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

As the icebergs drift, the seawater erodes them from below, until the berg abruptly topples over and continues its journey upside down.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Related Words

• corrode
• destroy