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
Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 10 June 2025
The problem is that in the constant switchback of perspectives, the play, directed by Phylicia Rashad, grows too hectic and attenuated to maintain a line of conviction.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
With a cease-fire in place, however, the United States and Europe could consider making limited improvements to their economic relations with Russia, which would help attenuate Russia’s ties with China.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
However, it has been shown in rat studies to reduce nicotine use and attenuate withdrawal symptoms associated with morphine and cocaine.
—Fernando Montero, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Sometimes, adding a caveat to a declarative message serves to attenuate — or even to completely undermine — that message.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 10 June 2025
The problem is that in the constant switchback of perspectives, the play, directed by Phylicia Rashad, grows too hectic and attenuated to maintain a line of conviction.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
With a cease-fire in place, however, the United States and Europe could consider making limited improvements to their economic relations with Russia, which would help attenuate Russia’s ties with China.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
However, it has been shown in rat studies to reduce nicotine use and attenuate withdrawal symptoms associated with morphine and cocaine.
—Fernando Montero, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuate
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Robert Shapiro, a professor of government and public affairs at Columbia University, questioned whether the removal of social media would meaningfully reduce the likelihood of political violence.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While single mothers and non-traditional families abound in Tsushima’s earlier work, in Wildcat Dome family structures are more attenuated.—
Katie Kitamura,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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That behavior is heavily conditioned, if in an attenuated sense, on the visible strength of enforcement.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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The idea behind a linear collider is to repeat the basic operation of simpler colliders.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Genome sequencing includes both nuclear DNA -- the large, linear DNA in the cell's nucleus -- and the mitochondrial DNA, the smaller, circular DNA in the mitochondria, which is almost exclusively inherited from the mother.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All of the above meant working with prosthetics, like smaller teeth, a fake nose and elongated earlobes, which would emphasize Gladys’s predatory, avian quality.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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The mid-rise fit also hits slightly below the belly button for a more elongated look.—
Rylee Johnston,
People.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Attenuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attenuate. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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