as in dilutes
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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The map, which is awaiting Kehoe’s signature, dilutes Kansas City-area voters into three Republican-leaning districts.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
23 Sep. 2025 -
That’s what dilutes the art and creates cookie-cutter songs where everyone starts sounding like each other.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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The material withstands compressive loads more than 10 times its weight.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ensure your site loads quickly and works across devices.—
Ran Ronen,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The episode cuts to black before it is revealed who or what is Paddy's target, but in real life, Arthur lived for decades longer, dying in 1915, per TIME.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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When play crossed Round Swamp Road, the roadway that cuts between Bethpage Black and separates the 14th and 15th holes, this tournament flew into the stratosphere.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Most space debris pollutes low-Earth orbit.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
22 Sep. 2025
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While much of the effort is focused on the waterline, volunteers embark on missions inland to get the trash picked up ahead of the wet winter season and it is washed down to the ocean and pollutes the waters.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Your skin gradually thins, and the reason for it is senescent cells.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Listeria infects about 1,600 people in the United States each year, killing about 260 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Commonly known as the brain worm, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis is a parasitic nematode that infects a large range of wild and domestic herbivores, such as moose and elk.—
Jessie Richards,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Waters down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waters%20down. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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