as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years
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Recent Examples of attenuate
Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2025
But two years after its last modest fundraise, the company says its financial position is still strong and that the revenues from the commercial project help attenuate its cash burn.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
To reach the detector, the team explained, the signal must have traveled through thousands of miles of rock first, which should have attenuated it down to nothing.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
When used outdoors, however, the signals can be attenuated by rain and other moisture in the atmosphere.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2024
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That link was highlighted in a study commissioned by The Lancet that found nearly half of all dementia cases worldwide could be delayed or attenuated by focusing on specific aspects of our health.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2025
But two years after its last modest fundraise, the company says its financial position is still strong and that the revenues from the commercial project help attenuate its cash burn.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
To reach the detector, the team explained, the signal must have traveled through thousands of miles of rock first, which should have attenuated it down to nothing.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
When used outdoors, however, the signals can be attenuated by rain and other moisture in the atmosphere.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuate
Verb
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Both coffee and tea contain bioactive ingredients such as polyphenols and caffeine, which may reduce inflammation and cellular damage while defending against cognitive decline.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Snowmaking specialist TechnoAlpin, which is supplying this year’s Winter Olympics, said technology has advanced significantly over recent decades, reducing energy demand and water consumption.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The shop, aggressively minimal, with a soaring blank-white façade that evokes the attenuated minimalism of an Apple Store, is the chain’s first outside of Japan, where the brand originated in 2022.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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The suggestion that someone was secretly paying Duran was hilarious to anyone with a cursory familiarity with the attenuated state of the journalism industry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Are the linear components similar?—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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In all, about 3,200 hours of coverage will air, of which a record 700 hours will be on linear TV.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Her beauty approach was quite different at Louis Vuitton, actually, opting for a natural-toned, bang-free hairstyle with more elongated, silky curls.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2026
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Malarkey created this bright manicure and focused on bringing the sides of the tips further down the nail for an even, more elongated look.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Attenuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attenuate. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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