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Other critics of the proposal say they fear it will dilute the significance of marriage.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Investors were concerned that the package, which gave the co-founders an aggregate stake of 6% in the company, would dilute their ownership.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Honeybees gather pollen from many different flower species, which may dilute contaminants across their food supply.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The former is bad news; selling more common shares of a stock in free fall would dilute existing shareholders and push the price even lower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“We have to dilute the poison until the nymphs are cleansed.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

Investors aren’t usually happy when a company sells stock to raise money, because it dilutes the holdings of current shareholders by reducing the percentage of the company that those shareholders own.

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 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

But even that movie dilutes Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel to a fraction of its story, reducing all of the text’s thematic resonance to a footnote along with it.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

His supplies are cut short, and purse-strings pucker until his voice moderates to a monotone and he dilutes his views to a dull neutral tint.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

The potential benefits of coffee, however, can be diluted or eliminated by the stuff many people add to it, the authors said, like sugar, syrups and creamers with a lot of saturated fat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

In the human digestive system, sweeteners may be absorbed, chemically altered, diluted, or broken down before reaching particular microbes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

That announcement sent shares of Solidion, which has a market value of about $140 million based on fully diluted shares outstanding, up 14.3% in premarket trading at $14.10 a share.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

By the time Emmet Sheehan took the mound, the smell had diluted, and the sunshine broke through the haze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

But as more and more paints are diluted into the water, it inevitably turns to murky gray.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Grossi also said on Friday that an alternative to diluting could be shipping the enriched uranium out of Iran.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

At the same time, the rapid rise of third-party delivery apps has flooded the market with alternative options, diluting Pizza Hut's historic dominance.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

In the meantime, increased equity issuance could pressure stocks by diluting shareholders—one possible factor behind last week’s tech selloff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

“Disjointed colors, patterns, and logo-heavy designs are diluting brand equity,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 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