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
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
By Fran Tirado News Youth Activists Release Thousands of Live Crickets at Anti-Trans Conference in London
Throughout the season, you’re disciplined in your habits and attenuated to your instincts.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
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
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Stores and public spaces muted their PAs, and the constant, global clang of tunes that filled the city’s airwaves was attenuated.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
By Fran Tirado News Youth Activists Release Thousands of Live Crickets at Anti-Trans Conference in London
Throughout the season, you’re disciplined in your habits and attenuated to your instincts.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuate
Verb
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Trump, who took office on January 20, campaigned heavily on the economy, vowing to reduce inflation and impose tariffs on some of the country's closest trading partners like Mexico and Canada, citing concerns over drugs, immigration, and trade deficits.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Introduced late in the first decade of the 2000s, the program was revived in 2022 as part of a series of insurance reforms that aimed to reduce litigation — and insurance company failures.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The portrayals of Black couples—through struggle, passion, humor, and success—have shown us that love may not be linear, but is still beautiful, nonetheless.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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But development progress is rarely linear for players at such a young age.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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However, as the comet recedes from the sun, planetary perturbations will make the orbit even more elongated, so the next return to perihelion (of whatever of it is that is still left of it) will be about 600,000 years hence.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Another catchy song with elongated, ethereal harmonies that capture the temptation of infidelity.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
18 Apr. 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 19 Feb. 2025.
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