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Both borrow to avoid having to sell shares—which could trigger a taxes and dilute their voting rights—in companies they founded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Although its overseas operation and 2-nanometer production ramp-up should dilute margins initially, TSMC’s gross margin downside is manageable due to its cross-node leverage, high utilization and yields rates, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Although there is little scientific evidence, it's said the technique also results in a colder, denser product that will cool rather than dilute a cocktail.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

But don’t let the relatable career-girl pluck of the movie dilute the fact that this song is pissed off about capitalism, even as its hooks make the grind of working life more bearable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Translations just confuse it, dilute it, like words going from Spanish to English.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

In adapting the premise for TV, series creator Nick Antosca dilutes the movies’ naked menace by pouring reasonable doubt into both Max’s profile and that of the Bowdens, the married lawyers behind his downfall.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Investors also aren’t thrilled with the impact of the company’s capital raising—most recently $550 million External link from entities connected with the Saudi Public Investment Fund—which dilutes the value of existing shareholders’ stock.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

South Korea announced new measures to restrict publicly traded large companies from “duplicate listing” of their subsidiaries, halting a practice critics say dilutes shareholder value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Complexity obscures risk, dilutes accountability and creates false confidence.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

Increasing the amount of water dilutes the acid, giving a lower gravity, and preventing the Acid from injuring plates and separators.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte

Sibir's 50% interest in the joint venture had been diluted, or reduced, to less than 1%.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Everything has a chance to mingle before the soup gets diluted.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

At that time, Genstar is expected to own about 14.6% of Victory Capital on a fully diluted, as-converted basis, with its voting interest limited to 4.9%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The company guided for third-quarter revenue of between $1.135 billion and $1.145 billion and adjusted earnings per share of between 63 cents and 65 cents, assuming approximately 378 million weighted average diluted shares outstanding.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

But in both instances, the dissemination of the information diluted its power.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

They included agreements under which two Abramovich companies would acquire shares in Sibneft-Yugra, increasing his stake and diluting Yugraneft's.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Global connection came with a kind of dispersion, diluting shared connections closer to home while allowing for worldwide discovery.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Making Shakespeare’s plays accessible is a noble goal, but there are other ways to go about this beyond modernizing the text and diluting its lyrical beauty and nuance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The move solves an immediate headache by covering Strategy’s preferred dividend obligations, but it does so through the painful, if familiar, route of diluting common shareholders.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

We could cure Daoud right now, or we could try to save more people—like my parents—by conserving every drop and diluting it....But in doing so, we might end up with nothing.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda