Definitions
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- adjective of or pertaining to attrition (definition 4).
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
attrition .
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- adjective relating to or caused by attrition
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Examples
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Liverpool, meanwhile, have been making what might kindly be called attritional progress up the table, returning to stability after a miserable winter.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Liverpool, meanwhile, have been making what might kindly be called attritional progress up the table, returning to stability after a miserable winter.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In polite company, diplomats describe dealing with Chinese ministries as "attritional", but in private, diplomats of all
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In polite company, diplomats describe dealing with Chinese ministries as "attritional", but in private, diplomats of all
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"attritional" but in private diplomats of all European countries are growing used to being bullied and brow-beaten by the officials of an increasingly strident Chinese state.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Finn is the strong favourite to play and, with England needing to be mindful of having a cutting edge rather than just an attritional bowler, may have been a strong candidate in any case.
England look to Steven Finn to give them cutting edge against Pakistan 2012
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England opened their campaign with a 13-9 victory over the Pumas and face the prospect of another attritional contest, with Georgia particularly strong up front.
Rugby World Cup 2011: Lewis Moody returns to captain England 2011
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Rugby is the most attritional team sport in the world and it develops the special camaraderie we have at Saracens.
Matt Stevens: 'I wouldn't wish the stress of it on anyone' 2011
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When they have been ambushed in recent years at Murrayfield it has been when they have been forced into playing a more attritional game.
Reborn Louis Deacon is epitome of England's quiet revolution 2011
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It was unspectacular, attritional cricket – and they had the ideal man for the job at the crease in Chanderpaul, the man who in this Test became his country's most capped player.
India draw third Test against West Indies to secure series victory 2011
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