He said the raises, which Congress is unlikely to block, compensate for "substantial erosion" of buying power.

Also pertaining to barrier islands, where land is at risk for erosion but they still continue to build there anyway.

Watch for "erosion"; because huge leads rarely last, the story is destined to become the closing of the gap.

If the sun did not provide energy for erosion, only gravity erosion would still occur.

Opponents, hoping for just such erosion, say there's no hurry.

But the likely outlook for the yen is for further erosion.

With scarce time for erosion, these lava flows have a dark, youthful appearance.

Wine tasters may be at high risk for enamel stain and erosion.

Your dentist may also take X-rays to look for erosion of the bone around the abscess.

However the steady state theory appears not to account for erosion into bedrock, which has been extensively observed.