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attenuated

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verb

past tense of attenuate

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Recent Examples of attenuated
Adjective
The causal link is too attenuated, and the size of the adjustment is too small, to move the needle in a $100 Trillion credit market. George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 There’s also some evidence that vaccines containing live, attenuated viruses may be risky for people with lupus. Markham Heid, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 So, in certain cases, people are being asked to wait two weeks if they were vaccinated with a certain type of Covid-19 vaccine - a live attenuated vaccine. Victoria Forster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 The six spires of the Salt Lake Temple give it an attenuated look. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for attenuated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attenuated
Adjective
  • Despite looking and feeling like one elongated shot, the episode was actually filmed in four chunks since production could only shoot for about 90 minutes a day.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Finally, the shape of Earth's orbit can change slightly, from more elongated to less elongated (our average distance from the sun doesn't change).
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The final amount could be affected by two factors — the number of claims and how much of the settlement fund is reduced to cover legal fees and costs.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While questions remain, especially about the plan for declining linear TV networks, the business is still throwing off a lot of cash.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Conversely, the human System 2 approach is more linear as it is comprised of a clear goal with code constructed to achieve that goal that, in the hands of an experienced coder, is more likely to be mostly correct with just a few bugs to fix.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Some feature high waists to elongate legs or pleats to conjure old-school élan worthy of Cary Grant.
    Charlie Teasdale, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The fragment, which was cleaved from its fecal parent with a pair of wire cutters, resembles a chunk of light-colored concrete with darker, elongate inclusions that Chin recognizes as bone.
    Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Adjective
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Probably because its seven episodes constitute only a partial adaptation of The Last of Us Part II, whereas the nine-part first season covered the entire original game, the story is stretched too thin.
    Judy Berman, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With their lanky legs and slender necks, sandhill cranes stand roughly three to four feet tall.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Since the crescent moon is both very slender after the new moon and visible for only a short period in the west above the sunset, it may be sighted on Sunday, March 30, but more likely on Monday, March 31.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Attenuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attenuated. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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