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as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
genuine maple syrup thinned with corn syrup
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as in thin
not containing very much of some important element
the thinned iced tea that the restaurant serves is barely distinguishable from water
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as in diluted
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
thinned the cream with milk but didn't tell anyone
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Recent Examples of thinned
Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
A couple Rose Bowls and legitimate Heisman Trophy chances thinned the air with expectation.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Margins for row-crop producers have thinned amid falling prices and high fertilizer costs.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The Algarve’s beaches are still warm, the cliffs are golden, and the high-season crowds have thinned.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Buyers have especially faced more supply-side concerns through 2026 as inventories have slowly thinned out, the analyst noted.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Marge sometimes missed with both barrels, and Lonnie thinned a small tree that a grouse put between them.
—Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
The company’s ties to Telluride have thinned.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
A couple Rose Bowls and legitimate Heisman Trophy chances thinned the air with expectation.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Margins for row-crop producers have thinned amid falling prices and high fertilizer costs.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The Algarve’s beaches are still warm, the cliffs are golden, and the high-season crowds have thinned.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
Buyers have especially faced more supply-side concerns through 2026 as inventories have slowly thinned out, the analyst noted.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Marge sometimes missed with both barrels, and Lonnie thinned a small tree that a grouse put between them.
—Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinned
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Instead of this stuff that's raised overseas that's done in ways that doesn't have any checks, that it's got polluted water, it's being fed really nasty stuff, full of antibiotics, full of chemicals.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Instead of adding external chemicals or excavating polluted layers, the soil itself becomes a dynamic system capable of regenerating its quality over time.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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At Paradromics, researchers have developed a chip with thinner wires than the Utah array, something that reduces, but does not eliminate, the damage done to brain tissue.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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This recipe calls for fresh tomatillos, which look like small green tomatoes wrapped in thin papery skin.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Over time, as the original practice gets diluted, ritual takes over as a memory device.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Give your plant orchid food or a balanced fertilizer diluted to half strength.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Second, a dilute hydrochloric acid is used to dissolve the remaining lithium and the transition metals—nickel, cobalt, and manganese.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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For example, Wilson’s team is exploring whether dilute acids speed up weathering.—
Robert F. Service,
Science | AAAS,
3 Sep. 2020
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An emergency order by the FAA on Thursday said airlines have to cut traffic by 4%, resulting in about 800 flight cancellations for Friday that increased to over 1,000 throughout the day, according to FlightAware.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Southwest Airlines cut about 120 flights Friday.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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McKinney’s company was recently suspended from the city's demolition program for allegedly filling sites with contaminated dirt obtained from the redevelopment of Northland Mall.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The new advisory follows recent testing in eastern Kennebec and western Waldo counties, which showed that deer and turkey sampled from areas near contaminated soil had PFAS concentrations in muscle tissue high enough to warrant a public health warning.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The incoming freshman class is loaded; the field is wide open.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Kershaw, age 37, emerged from the bullpen in the 12th inning with the bases loaded and two outs, and got Nathan Lukes to ground out as Koufax stood and applauded.—
Steve Rushin,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Robot can serve as an inspection agent With this new demonstration, a flexible mobile robot, powered by agentic AI that is running on AMD silicon, operates within a warehouse with mixed traffic.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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While the full moon may have some mixed energies, with the planets crisscrossing in all sorts of ways, the key now is to focus on being grounded, balanced and centered as much as possible.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Thinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinned. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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