dilute

Example Sentences

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Scientists may need to be deployed with the troops to dilute the uranium to render it safe.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

An ethics and safety review board—a committee that would include the DeepMind founders and some external grandees—should be set up to dilute Google’s power over the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

This would be clean in the sense that it would keep the stadium ownership under the club's umbrella and not dilute their respective stakes in United.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Rather than retire the senior preferred shares, Trump could decide to convert them to common shares, which would severely dilute the value of the existing common stock.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

"It's a concentrated perfume extract. I could dilute it into an eau de toilette."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda