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attenuated

[uh-ten-yoo-ey-tid] / əˈtɛn yuˌeɪ tɪd /




















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They will test the theocracy to see whether the war has attenuated its strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s way too attenuated to fit into the language of the statute, because the tariffs don’t actually “deal with” this threat of fentanyl.

From Slate • May 29, 2025

Over a professional career attenuated by injuries, he earned a Most Valuable Player Award and championship titles with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics.

From New York Times • May 28, 2024

The live attenuated virus strains were originally developed as a vaccine by Professor Ooi Eng Eong's group from Duke-NUS' Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Programme.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

Like Virginia Tucker before her, Dorothy Vaughan now presided over an appendix, still attached to the research operation but whose function had attenuated over time.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly