attenuation

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During the spring, he said Amazon hadn’t yet “seen any attenuation of demand,” and he touted Amazon’s vast network of merchants who he said could sell different items at a wide variety of prices.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Even sisters who share a close bond have usually passed through periods of attenuation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

I never understood if the effect was due to my mood or to a general attenuation of the chemical processes inside my skull.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

"We experimentally determined the seismic wave attenuation characteristics, parameters for ascertaining the softness of the lithosphere and asthenosphere, under high temperature and pressure using our short-period oscillation generation technology," explains Prof. Yoshino.

From Science Daily • Sep. 27, 2023

Here was Archie’s secret, here 266 was the woman, and more than that—though I have need here of every manageable attenuation of language—with the first look, he had already entered himself as rival.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis