watered-down

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The comments came before a meeting of EU environment ministers in Cyprus this week to review last November's UN climate summit, which ended with a watered-down pact that omitted EU demands over fossil fuels.

From Barron's

“They need to strike a balance of showing there is appropriate data and research to validate the proposed rule, but at the same time not issue a watered-down ruling that creates legal uncertainty for plan sponsors.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a bit of “Jaws” in “Beast of War,” which is also evocative of Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat” while being something of a watered-down version of both.

From The Wall Street Journal

Critics of the watered-down regulations, such as Anja Brandon, the director of plastics policy for the Ocean Conservancy, said she wasn’t surprised by the withdrawal.

From Los Angeles Times

European Union environment ministers agreed to a watered-down version of the bloc’s 2040 climate goals on Wednesday, bringing the EU one step closer to setting new—if weaker—targets for lowering carbon emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal