attenuate

Example Sentences

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And then Michael is such a craftsman that every part of everything is studied and controlled and carefully attenuated.

From Los Angeles Times

The measles virus is attenuated in the MMR vaccine, meaning that it has been altered to produce the appropriate immune response without triggering the disease itself.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Only a “near-peer” competitor was needed to turn that attenuating U.S. global hegemony into accelerating imperial decline.

From Salon

Over a professional career attenuated by injuries, he earned a Most Valuable Player Award and championship titles with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics.

From New York Times