as in to dilute
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for water down
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The plain and active meaning of the word cannot be diluted by its constriction, as the government would have it, to a narrow term of art.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025 -
This approach dilutes your unique value proposition and distracts from your primary purpose.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Too Much Freezing – Again, extraction-y things a bit here, but there is a lot of dead time spent pausing, going through drops, waiting for things to load, trying to select certain things over others from dead enemies.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Larnach hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning and Byron Buxton later homered as the Twins topped the Chicago White Sox 6-3 at Target Field. Larnach also singled in a run in the fourth inning for the Twins, who only scored once despite loading the bases in each of the first three innings.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Place them in a shoe bag or wrap them in a plastic bag to keep them from dirtying other items.—
Will Porter,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Feb. 2025
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For example, a small non-shedding dog that rarely goes outside won't dirty a bed nearly as fast as a large labarador that plays outside daily.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Apr. 2025
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The state says the rule is crucial to meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and cutting smog-forming pollutants.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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With the new order, Trump is threatening to cut federal funds to cities and states his Administration decides are blocking his mass deportation effort.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Well, the nation’s most polluting coal plant, Montana’s Colstrip plant, has asked the EPA for an exemption, as the New York Times’ Hiroko Tabuchi reports.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Vyse's version is simpler and cheaper—estimated to add only a few cents more to the price of a drink—and avoids polluting gases.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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Scores of sea lions and dolphins have been fatally poisoned in recent months by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Morgan was previously married to Keith Whitley from 1986 to his alcohol poisoning death in 1989 at age 34.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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People usually get infected with the bacteria by eating raw shellfish, especially oysters, or through an open wound that has direct contact with saltwater.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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The people getting infected have not received the vaccine or are behind on their doses.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Water down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20down. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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