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Use "attritional" in a sentence
"Liverpool, meanwhile, have been making what might kindly be called attritional progress up the table, returning to stability after a miserable winter."
"In polite company, diplomats describe dealing with Chinese ministries as "attritional", but in private, diplomats of all"
""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."