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to diminish the price or value of
an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years
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Recent Examples of attenuated
Victoria Forster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The six spires of the Salt Lake Temple give it an attenuated look.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
South of those rivers, the Everglades extends from coast to coast, forming a shallow 60-mile-wide and 100-mile-long attenuated river running into Florida Bay.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
Like live attenuated vaccines, this process fosters the development of strong immune responses that may build better protection.
—David Verhoeven, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
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So, in certain cases, people are being asked to wait two weeks if they were vaccinated with a certain type of Covid-19 vaccine - a live attenuated vaccine.
—Victoria Forster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The six spires of the Salt Lake Temple give it an attenuated look.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
South of those rivers, the Everglades extends from coast to coast, forming a shallow 60-mile-wide and 100-mile-long attenuated river running into Florida Bay.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
Like live attenuated vaccines, this process fosters the development of strong immune responses that may build better protection.
—David Verhoeven, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuated
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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
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The Gothic romance casts a very elongated shadow of influence over many, many books.Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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As families grow from two married adults to larger households with multiple children, others have reduced their circle of giving.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, by increasing employee sentiment and utilization, vacancies and vacancy times are reduced, which ultimately improves the profitability of these spaces.Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The objective of such a move would be to eliminate the financial drag of linear networks, which are losing subscribers and advertising revenue at a steady clip.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Employees are now navigating their careers through horizontal moves to gain varied experiences rather than climbing a linear ladder.Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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Conventional toy cars used thin, rigid steel axles and rubber tires.George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The 28-year-old actor appeared on the Dec. 12 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with his latest look, a thin mustache and his normally long curly hair trimmed in a shorter, shaggy crop.Hedy Phillips, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The tree has a full look, but is slender enough to fit comfortably anywhere in your home.Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2024
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These birds, which have been found primarily in southern South America, had slender bodies and unique locomotor adaptations for running, with the largest species being flightless.Newsweek, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Attenuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attenuated. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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