Today’s Words That Work: Attenuate
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To attenuate (un-TEN-yoo-ate) — from the Latin for “to reduce” — is to weaken or diminish in strength, value, amount, or degree.
Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “How many times have you seen a successful restaurant expand, only to see its business become attenuated and eventually disappear?”
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