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as in thinned
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
the pharmacist, motivated by pure greed, would pass off the weakened drugs to unsuspecting customers, some of whom had life-threatening illnesses
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as in weak
lacking bodily strength
left weakened by a prolonged illness
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as in soft
lacking strength of will or character
the nation's people, weakened by years of tyranny, tended to automatically obey anyone with an authoritative manner
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as in thin
not containing very much of some important element
some experts recommend that runners drink a weakened mixture of juice and water
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as in softened
to diminish the physical strength of
weeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
the bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts
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as in diluted
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
weakened the juice with too much water
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Recent Examples of weakened
Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
The yen remained weakened after Ishiba downplayed the prospect of imminent interest rate hikes earlier this week.
—Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The company’s online advertising system suffered a major setback in 2021 when Apple introduced an iOS privacy update that weakened its ability to track users across the web.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
The deluge weakened the soil, triggering cascading landslides that crumpled homes and roads.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
The yen weakened in its largest single-day decline since June 2022.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
The yen remained weakened after Ishiba downplayed the prospect of imminent interest rate hikes earlier this week.
—Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The company’s online advertising system suffered a major setback in 2021 when Apple introduced an iOS privacy update that weakened its ability to track users across the web.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
The deluge weakened the soil, triggering cascading landslides that crumpled homes and roads.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakened
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Other checks on Trump’s policy will also be far weaker.Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Each endpoint can be assessed to sniff out weak points.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Le Pen, whose party has softened its anti-EU stance in recent years, denies wrongdoing and claims the case is politically driven.Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
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Their small stake will get diluted to almost nothing, even if the company becomes successful.Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Choi family’s stake was divided among his five sons and got diluted.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 2 Oct. 2024
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Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
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Still, the line separating sports and politics is growing thinner and thinner.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton beat Trump 4-2 in the town and carried the state by a razor thin margin of 0.4 points.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But Israeli patience for a diplomatic solution appears to be exhausted.David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Insufficient sleep slows reaction times, drains energy, and makes daily tasks more challenging, leaving pregnant people exhausted and unable to function.Peter Weiss, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2024
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This thinned their numbers, broke command chains, and demoralized British units.Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Seeding can thicken up older existing lawns that may be thinned out from summer activity and too much shade.Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024
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Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
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However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2013
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“Weakened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weakened. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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