Sentence examples for state of attrition from inspiring English sources

Most materials are found to attain a saturated state of attrition while being sheared under load, wherein quartz sand offers the lowest mass fraction of debris at saturation level.

By Nuruddin Farah At a fire sale a few years ago, James MacPherson, a retired professor of politics at Wits, Johannesburg, known for his seminal work on the Frontline States' war of attrition against the apartheid regime, bought a restaurant in Pretoria specializing in North African cuisine.

It stated that the rate of attrition in the A.N.A. was very high, the level of retention was very low, and the logistic capabilities were inadequate.

Despite its repugnant stated intent to wage a war of attrition against immigrants, SB1070 at its core suggests that people who aren't white have a lesser right to be an American.

Of the three cohort studies, none reported rates of attrition and one did not state whether the outcome (ESRD) was absent at the start of the study [ 23].

should we be bracing ourselves for an amplified & prolonged war of attrition waged by #egypt's deep state apparatus to ensure #morsi fails?

Now, they focus less on conquering territory than on turning a war of attrition to their advantage, forcing the state to bleed.

Still, Mr. Romney also wins his share of states and remains reasonably well-prepared for a war of attrition.

Back then, she lacked an early state plan beyond Iowa; on Tuesday she promised a national war of attrition.

Senescence is a state of growth arrest resulting mainly from telomere attrition and oxidative stress.

Mr. Pataki also called for the elimination of 5,000 state jobs through attrition and early retirement incentives, avoiding layoffs, at least for now.