Example Sentences

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Yet they also "expect to ratchet down the pace of wage increases and eventually expect it to normalize...We are hearing a great consensus that this is still in catch-up mode and that it will attenuate."

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

This will attenuate your physique and make you appear lithe and attractive.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2015

Anyways, an aggressive environment will attenuate to disappearance local-schizophrenia with beneficial effects on everybody.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor

In the same way, as they become more familiar with the facts, the English will attenuate their hostility to "Germans."

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman

Alas, Excellence," protested Ming-shu from a bitter throat, "this matter will attenuate down to the stroke of evening rice.

From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Bramah, Ernest