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
Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Such radio waves, at the extremely high frequency of 230 gigahertz, also pass through air largely unimpeded, although atmospheric water vapor does attenuate and delay them somewhat in the last few miles of their 55-million-year journey from the periphery of M87* to our radio telescopes on Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2020
The government’s claim to legitimacy has been attenuated by corruption and nepotism, and its promises of a better future have been revealed as hollow.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
The downside of using the K-band is its weather sensitivity—rain, for example, will easily attenuate the link.
—Alessandro Balossino, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2022
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Verb
Storm suggests hopefully that a planetary crisis, such as climate change, might attenuate nationalism.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Such radio waves, at the extremely high frequency of 230 gigahertz, also pass through air largely unimpeded, although atmospheric water vapor does attenuate and delay them somewhat in the last few miles of their 55-million-year journey from the periphery of M87* to our radio telescopes on Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2020
The government’s claim to legitimacy has been attenuated by corruption and nepotism, and its promises of a better future have been revealed as hollow.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
The downside of using the K-band is its weather sensitivity—rain, for example, will easily attenuate the link.
—Alessandro Balossino, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuate
Verb
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This has, among other losses, reduced Egyptian revenue from the Suez Canal by about eight hundred million dollars a month.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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Cost Savings: Automation reduces labor costs and minimizes errors.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That connection was too attenuated, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the court.—
Adam Liptak,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone vaccinated before 1968 get at least one dose of the live attenuated vaccine.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Pulling It All Together The traditional concept of climbing the corporate ladder has given way to a more dynamic and strategic approach—one that resembles navigating a rock wall rather than ascending a rigid, linear structure.—
Jason Richmond,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Discovery sibling Adult Swim will continue to carry the series’ past episodes through 2030 as the exclusive linear home of the American Dad! library which currently is also available on WBD’s TruTV.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Despite looking and feeling like one elongated shot, the episode was actually filmed in four chunks since production could only shoot for about 90 minutes a day.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the shape of Earth's orbit can change slightly, from more elongated to less elongated (our average distance from the sun doesn't change).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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 6 Apr. 2025.
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