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attenuation

[uh-ten-yoo-ey-shuhn] / əˌtɛn juˈeɪ ʃən /


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The latest readings of consumer inflation and the Fed's preferred gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, have shown an attenuation, but levels remain well above the two-percent target.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

During the spring, he said Amazon hadn’t yet “seen any attenuation of demand,” and he touted Amazon’s vast network of merchants who he said could sell different items at a wide variety of prices.

From MarketWatch Jan. 20, 2026

Even sisters who share a close bond have usually passed through periods of attenuation.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2024

I never understood if the effect was due to my mood or to a general attenuation of the chemical processes inside my skull.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2023

You must accept the whole or reject the whole; attenuation does but enfeeble, and amputation mutilate.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman




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