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attenuated

[uh-ten-yoo-ey-tid] / əˈtɛn yuˌeɪ tɪd /




















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They will test the theocracy to see whether the war has attenuated its strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s way too attenuated to fit into the language of the statute, because the tariffs don’t actually “deal with” this threat of fentanyl.

From Slate • May 29, 2025

The team had also found in their previous work, that eating high-fat foods attenuated cerebral oxygenation in the pre-frontal cortex, during stress.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Anolik is less charitable about Babitz’s subsequent work, which she considers to be attenuated and strained, lacking the buzzy exuberance of “Slow Days, Fast Company.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Something attenuated, a nervous caution, suggested itself in all his movements.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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