as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years
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Recent Examples of attenuated
Adam Liptak, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone vaccinated before 1968 get at least one dose of the live attenuated vaccine.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Doing so will help increase group morale and inflate an attenuated potency.
—Charlie Winter, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2017
The traditional means of video-game storytelling—cutscenes, voice-over narration, and conversations with other characters—are present only in the most attenuated, enigmatic forms.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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That connection was too attenuated, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the court.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone vaccinated before 1968 get at least one dose of the live attenuated vaccine.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Doing so will help increase group morale and inflate an attenuated potency.
—Charlie Winter, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2017
The traditional means of video-game storytelling—cutscenes, voice-over narration, and conversations with other characters—are present only in the most attenuated, enigmatic forms.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuated
Verb
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O'Reilly said that the police department reduced the number of abuse complaints and use of Taser, which had been leading to costly lawsuits.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Detroit Free Press,
3 Jan. 2025
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Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The galaxy’s light gets distorted by the gravity of the dark matter, so the image of the galaxy becomes elongated, turning into a little arc.—
Jenna Ahart,
Quanta Magazine,
11 July 2025
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If the orbit were to get too elongated, Mercury could fall into the sun or get close enough to Venus to get flung out of the solar system.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Conclusion: Time to Retire the ‘End User’ The term ‘end user’ belongs to an earlier era of linear systems and passive tools.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Deadline is told by a number of sources that the BBC is leaning towards showing the series, most likely on both linear TV and iPlayer.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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The tusk, which is actually an elongated tooth, is mainly found in males and can grow up to 10 feet long.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Milk Chocolate For those with darker skin tones, a milk chocolate mani will match seamlessly and elongate fingers.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cover it with a thin layer of topsoil or compost to cover the seeds.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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The market is thin in run-producing bats, and O'Hearn not only fills that need but is versatile enough to play the corner outfield spots as well.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Anya Taylor-Joy, imperiously slender and with devouring eyes, has a porcelain haughtiness that doesn’t quite work as Emma Woodhouse — at least not for me.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin. At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
14 July 2025
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“Attenuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attenuated. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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