A word riddle

Soldato
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After the other riddle thread, I thought I'd post this one for you to consider...

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word — from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

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 [ COLOR=#1c5780] My suggestion..... [/color]

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