attenuate

Example Sentences

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He recognized that if the United States were to have any meaningful relationship with Latin America, we needed to attenuate our colonialism, so he pushed through the ratification of the Panama Canal treaties.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

The researchers were able to show that zooplankton species that are tolerant to oxygen deficiency consume sinking particles and thus attenuate the export fluxes of carbon to the deep sea.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023

Yet they also "expect to ratchet down the pace of wage increases and eventually expect it to normalize...We are hearing a great consensus that this is still in catch-up mode and that it will attenuate."

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

"What else can we be doing to attenuate that risk? Well, to me, it's clear from this research that formulas that have corn syrup solids confer additional risk."

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022

Necessity for defence arises from the existence of a motive for attack—Platitudes that everyone overlooks—To attenuate the motive for aggression is to undertake a work of defence.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman