as in pollutes
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits
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Recent Examples of dilutes
Democrats have pointed to these facts as evidence that the map dilutes the voting power of minorities and may even be an intentional racial gerrymander.
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Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
The decision notably makes no ruling on the constitutionality of the redistricting, leaving the question unresolved as to whether the new map unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
So drinking lemon water increases your urine volume and dilutes stone-forming substances.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
The commentary onslaught dilutes that.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Opponents argue that the new map dilutes the voting power of Black residents in eastern North Carolina.
—Adam Wagner, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Yes, growth is tempting — launching podcasts, videos, new products — but every expansion dilutes focus.
—Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
The map, which is awaiting Kehoe’s signature, dilutes Kansas City-area voters into three Republican-leaning districts.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
That’s what dilutes the art and creates cookie-cutter songs where everyone starts sounding like each other.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilutes
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For example, forum participants said a person could sue a company or entity that pollutes a river because the river has the right to be pollution-free.—
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But to isolate gold, galamsey workers typically use poisonous mercury, which pollutes drinking water and farmland and has been linked to serious illness and birth defects.—
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An overreliance on tools weakens our civilization (and saps the film’s dramatic thrills).—
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Ignoring this reality weakens any serious climate plan.—
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The thieves check the balance when a customer purchases a card and loads funds onto it, then drain the card of funds before the customer can use it, officials said.—
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As its average shopper loads up on 15 items per basket, the company is betting a growing share of those items will be alcohol-free.—
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Measles first infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body, causing a high fever, runny nose, cough, red, watery eyes, and a rash.—
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Lack of income is a contagion that infects self-worth, confidence and the ability to be present in life.—
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Barnes’ defection further thins a group of linebackers that is losing three key contributors from 2025 in Trey Moore, Liona Lefau and Anthony Hill Jr.—
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Another prospect is that not all of the cuts materialize — say, the trash fee repeal doesn’t happen — or the field of tax increases thins out, making those that remain more palatable to voters.—
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Counterintuitively, some analysts think that the investigation now makes near-term interest rate cuts less likely, because Powell and the other members of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will be determined to show the markets that they are guided by the data and not legal threats.—
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Cutting out any that have negative revenue revisions over the past month cuts that in half again to 100 stocks.—
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An onboard synthesizer manipulates a small set of core sounds to mimic everything from the roar of a jet plane to the flushing of a toilet through a little speaker in the Brick.—
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Vecna psychically finds Hopper (David Harbour) and manipulates him to break the tank, cutting off the psychic link for her, Kali, and Max.—
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Hardware proven beyond Earth That validation already extends into space.—
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But for his dad and mom, the pride in Carson extends far beyond statistics and endorsements.—
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“Dilutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilutes. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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