DILUTING Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

diluting

verb

present participle of dilute

as in cutting

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits

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Recent Examples of diluting Figures won election two years ago after a federal court ruled that Alabama had been illegally diluting the voting power of Black Alabamians and ordered new district lines. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Ultimately, the C-suite led with the name that signaled quality to the widest set of possible consumers (even if execs privately fretted about diluting the good name of HBO with a streaming service featuring thousands of shows of varying quality). — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 Ryan plays Carla Russo, a veteran nurse at Yale Fertility Center who pleads guilty to diverting vast amounts of fentanyl and diluting it with saline, forcing many patients to endure egg-retrieval surgery without anesthesia. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 Too much success at entry prices comes with a risk of overexposure, diluting brand equity and perhaps training the consumer to hold off for even more price cuts, the report warns. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026 In the Empire State, where Democrats aimed to pick up one seat, a state court allowed a new map to avoid diluting the voting power of Black people and Latinos in New York City. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 The firm may gather assets while diluting productivity, increasing risk and pressuring unit economics. — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 But aside from the economic benefits, there have been concerns about the league diluting its talent pool by getting too big, too fast. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Some of the old guard accused Kılıçdaroğlu of diluting the party’s values. — Nick Taborall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

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This change is apparent in the fact that European governments, too, are cutting funding for religious freedom advocacy.

— Matthew Schmitz, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
In a sign of growing staff unrest over the steady stream of cost-cutting announcements across the BBC, some workers made their feelings known on a Microsoft Teams call earlier this week.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutting

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Industrial animal agriculture confines and kills billions of animals while polluting waterways and damaging ecosystems.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Now 64, the executive chairman of $17 billion iron ore giant Fortescue is intent on upturning age-old practices in the heavily polluting $3 trillion mining industry.

— Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of polluting

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As Veach recalled it, that began with venturing back into the Eagles’ library with a basket and loading it up with VHS tapes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
The Coast Guard posted a video showing its rescue swimmers loading survivors into baskets and hoisting them onto helicopters.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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Wardle found that a simple variation of ClickFix attack—a technique that has become remarkably effective in tricking people into infecting their devices—is all that’s required for an attacker to take control of a Muse account.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
That includes Memory Integrity protection, which uses hardware-dependent methods to prevent malware from infecting OS processes.

— Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of infecting

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While hair thinning and shedding can be distressing, determining the underlying causes can help slow down, stop or even reverse certain types of hair loss.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Someone with mild recession around the temples may need far fewer grafts than a patient with thinning across the front, mid-scalp and crown.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of thinning

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Deterioration is exacerbated if water reaches the steel rebar, corroding from inside the concrete mass and thereby weakening the integrity of the wall.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Those states’ experiences show that weakening graduation requirements reduces accountability for schools.

— Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of weakening

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Different views on the topic The administration and its supporters reject the claim that their election efforts are aimed at disrupting or manipulating voting.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
That distinction is important as humanoid robots become increasingly capable of balancing, walking, and manipulating objects.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of manipulating

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Could something so commonplace really be slowly poisoning people?

— Sean McCann, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
The court heard how the former nurse, now 36, attacked babies in her care by administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of poisoning

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