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as in polluted
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
genuine maple syrup thinned with corn syrup
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as in thin
not containing very much of some important element
the thinned iced tea that the restaurant serves is barely distinguishable from water
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as in diluted
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
thinned the cream with milk but didn't tell anyone
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Recent Examples of thinned
Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The veils of the universe have thinned.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Then the pandemic hit, and participation thinned after months of remote learning.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Between 2013 and 2022 alone, the glacier ice bracing the failure site thinned by 100 to 130 meters.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
Even as audiences grow, festival organizers acknowledge on background that industry attention has thinned.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
These multiple seedlings must be thinned.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
That further thinned a lineup already missing Jeremy Peña and multiple outfielders.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
Add to that the forests in the East are denser and less likely to be thinned out than those in the West, Donovan said.
—Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
The veils of the universe have thinned.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The veils of the universe have thinned.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Then the pandemic hit, and participation thinned after months of remote learning.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Between 2013 and 2022 alone, the glacier ice bracing the failure site thinned by 100 to 130 meters.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
Even as audiences grow, festival organizers acknowledge on background that industry attention has thinned.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
These multiple seedlings must be thinned.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
That further thinned a lineup already missing Jeremy Peña and multiple outfielders.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
Add to that the forests in the East are denser and less likely to be thinned out than those in the West, Donovan said.
—Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinned
Adjective
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Warning signs along the shoreline caution that exposure could lead to illness as polluted runoff enters the Pacific Ocean.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Northern India already has some of the world’s most polluted air, created by a toxic mix of vehicle and industrial emissions, crop residue burning, and construction dust.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Health experts are growing increasingly alarmed about the outbreak, arguing that cases have been spreading undetected as public health authorities are stretched thin.—
Lauren Weber,
Washington Post,
18 May 2026
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Few of the film’s ideas truly connect with one another, leaving its lead stars adrift in the process, forcing them to conjure three dimensional details from a script that, intentionally or otherwise, feels paper thin.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Human oversight was diluted due to a belief that the AI agent was working perfectly.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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In rare cases of very low sodium intake or excessive fluid loss, people can develop hyponatremia, Young explains, a condition in which sodium levels in the blood become dangerously diluted.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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But dwarf galaxies are smaller and colder, with more dilute and slower-moving matter.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Second, a dilute hydrochloric acid is used to dissolve the remaining lithium and the transition metals—nickel, cobalt, and manganese.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Tempo cut it to three midway through the fourth while Brittany Sykes (27 points, seven assists) sparked Toronto’s rally.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2026
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Kreutzer cuts clunkily and repeatedly between the ongoing crises in two households, presumably implying that the men in these women’s lives are all tarred with the same patriarchal brush.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Per Mayo Clinic, Salmonella is a bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract and typically infects people through contaminated water or food.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
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People can get sick after breathing in contaminated particles that get stirred into the air, especially while cleaning or spending time in places where rodents have been active, like sheds, garages, barns, cabins and storage areas.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Stoneman Douglas, which left the bases loaded in the first and fourth innings, finally pushed an insurance run home in the top of the seventh.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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Those runs proved useful when Benge dropped a fly ball in the top of the seventh, allowing a run to score for the Yankees, who loaded the bases with no outs, forcing the Mets to go to the bullpen.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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In the case of mixed martial artists Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey, who meet at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday in Netflix’s first live MMA broadcast, the rust has been gathering for far longer.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The weapon, developed to deliver multiple nuclear warheads over great distances, has a mixed record in testing so far and was once planned to be fielded in 2020.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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“Thinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinned. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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