attenuate

Example Sentences

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“If there is persistently poor immunization coverage in a community, there is always a risk that a live, attenuated vaccine virus will revert.”

From Science Magazine

Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Mr. Biggs, derided all of this at the time as “the most attenuated, inchoate crime imaginable.”

From New York Times

The discomforting truth is that the United States last year faced a choice between a protracted period of economic pain and an economic recovery whose benefits are temporarily attenuated by high inflation.

From New York Times

Crowley, an assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the Obama administration, said the process of screening ambassador candidates has become “more intensive, and the Senate confirmation process has become more attenuated.”

From Washington Times

It takes a minute to see that the most active stripes are actually attenuated diamonds and triangles, whose sharp, sometimes vanishing tips ignite seeming flashes of light or dark.

From New York Times