Example Sentences

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But even that movie dilutes Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel to a fraction of its story, reducing all of the text’s thematic resonance to a footnote along with it.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

"So if insulin levels are too high, it actually then dilutes the leptin signal and suddenly the brain can't sense how much fat is stored."

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Complexity obscures risk, dilutes accountability and creates false confidence.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

This panoramic sweep lends “The Secret Agent” a novelistic sprawl, although it sometimes dilutes the proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

All others are mere dilutes and cheap imitations, but the Coregonus is at all times and par excellence "The Fish."

From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Seton, Ernest Thompson