attenuation

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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

After all, tidal flats are important foraging areas for birds and contribute to wave attenuation.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

The Williams Flats plume was so thick that the light attenuation was only 10 percent of what it was outside of the plume.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 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 Newman, John Henry Cardinal