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
Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
My principal government contacts — at the departments of state and commerce — had turned over many times and the relationships had become attenuated.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
And that when a person attenuates to, or listens to a specific sound, their brain starts to amplify that sound.
—John Werner, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
These challenges can be attenuated through this journey toward harmonizing a consumer-centric healthcare organization with the digital transformation.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Investing in longevity is also set to become a key investment for nations in the attempts to attenuate the economical and societal impacts of an aging population.
—Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
My principal government contacts — at the departments of state and commerce — had turned over many times and the relationships had become attenuated.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
And that when a person attenuates to, or listens to a specific sound, their brain starts to amplify that sound.
—John Werner, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
These challenges can be attenuated through this journey toward harmonizing a consumer-centric healthcare organization with the digital transformation.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuate
Verb
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Here’s how to test for and reduce your exposure to these forever chemicals in your water.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
27 Jan. 2025
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This could help reduce human-wildlife conflict with grizzly bears, according to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Doing so will help increase group morale and inflate an attenuated potency.—
Charlie Winter,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
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The traditional means of video-game storytelling—cutscenes, voice-over narration, and conversations with other characters—are present only in the most attenuated, enigmatic forms.—
Gabriel Winslow-Yost,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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The show, which premiered in 1990 and has since grown a cult audience, embraced many of linear television’s conventions while simultaneously defying them as often as possible.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The news media landscape is in transition as fewer people watch linear TV and more consume their news on streaming services and through social media.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Another catchy song with elongated, ethereal harmonies that capture the temptation of infidelity.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
18 Apr. 2024
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Worm lizards are well adapted for underground life, with elongated bodies, reduced or no limbs, rudimentary eyes and tough, ring-like scales.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Some feature high waists to elongate legs or pleats to conjure old-school élan worthy of Cary Grant.—
Charlie Teasdale,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2023
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The fragment, which was cleaved from its fecal parent with a pair of wire cutters, resembles a chunk of light-colored concrete with darker, elongate inclusions that Chin recognizes as bone.—
Karen Wright,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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“Attenuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attenuate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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