dilute

Example Sentences

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The difference in price targets between the two is worth about $1.8 trillion in market value, based on 4.5 billion fully diluted shares outstanding.

From Barron's

The analysts say their forecast for Novartis’s quarterly sales of $13.3 billion is in line with consensus estimates, but they anticipate worse generic pressure and the recently closed Avidity deal to dilute margins.

From The Wall Street Journal

Teffera from Human Rights Watch fears that the importance of education as part of reparations discussions gets diluted by the inevitable focus on compensation payments.

From BBC

He said the Nazi regime was "the most barbaric ever, and I'd never make light of nor dilute its seriousness".

From BBC

With no rainwater to dilute the sewage it is particularly concentrated - this is an illegal practice.

From BBC