How to Use erosion in a Sentence

erosion

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  • Centuries of erosion by wind have carved grooves in the rocks.
  • Landscapers planted grass to stop the erosion of the hillside.
  • This research has shown that plants slow down the waves and prevent erosion of the sand.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 15 June 2023
  • But when trees are in the ground, their roots can help stabilize the soil and prevent erosion of the land.
    — Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Bare hillsides are at huge risk of erosion, even mudslides, in the rains.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • In August, workers dug a 150-yard trench on the north side of the search area to help manage erosion.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Hoodoos are rocky spires that have been sculpted by erosion over time.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • The environmental costs and the amount of erosion are still not known.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • That erosion allows more runoff into the ocean, which harms coral reefs.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Del Mar and San Clemente aren’t the only places where the 140-year-old coastal railroad is subject to erosion.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The erosion of discipline within the I.D.F. is very strong.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
  • To slow or stop erosion: Stretch straw- or compost-filled wattles across the slope, spaced 4 or 5 feet apart.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The terrace on the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive is cracked and hanging off the edge of the bluff, which has been eaten away by coastal erosion over the past few decades.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The benefits there are the same, except that the railroad is a few blocks inland from the beach and safe from coastal erosion.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • In North Carolina, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse has been under the threat of erosion since the 1930's.
    — Rachel Gold, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The absence of trees results in soil erosion and landslides.
    — Shailesh Shrivastava, Quartz, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Below Tyson Street, about two-thirds of the city’s 3-mile shoreline is narrow and rocky from years of erosion.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
  • Along with the winds and waves, sea level rise has also contributed to the erosion.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But the decline in US auto jobs and the erosion of unions have hit Black workers hardest.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Spanning 1,904 square miles, the Grand Canyon is one of the most stunning displays of erosion found anywhere on Earth.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But the result has been a steady erosion of its once-hefty profit margin.
    — Esha Dey, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Or their erosion in the state’s most populous places could prove too much to overcome.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • But time and warming and the erosion of a protective coastline had already changed the nature of the storms.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And there are very few things in life that are impervious to time’s erosion.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Last year, the drug was approved to treat pain from erosions in the esophagus caused by acid reflux.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
  • This 200-mile stretch of coastline has one of the highest rates of erosion and sea level rise in New Zealand.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The process would help the levees resist the powerful forces of water erosion.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • This led to an erosion of its subscriber base, which has now reduced to 37.6 million.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The money also will help more farmers in the basin adopt those practices, like planting crops that cover the ground year-round to catch rain, and reducing tillage, which stirs up the soil and accelerates erosion.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
  • This year could hinge on whether Harris maintains those trends—or if Trump cuts into Harris’ urban leads while halting suburban erosion in places like Waukesha.
    — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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