attenuate

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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 • Dec. 29, 2024

"Seismic waves attenuate rapidly for distances away from the source, and therefore have limited resolution when they reach the depths of interest."

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

So it wouldn't be surprising if the relationship between natural harbors and democracy begins to attenuate toward the end of the 20th century.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

Yet they also "expect to ratchet down the pace of wage increases and eventually expect it to normalize...We are hearing a great consensus that this is still in catch-up mode and that it will attenuate."

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

Capsule.—Four to nine lines long; a line or so wide; attenuate upward; contorted.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth