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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

bioRxiv Genetics

@biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social

The yeast mitochondrial Porin represses Snf1/AMP Kinase signaling to attenuate viral replication https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.708031v1

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Delineate

1. to describe something very exactly 2. to trace the outline of; to sketch or trace an outline; to represent something in pictures or pictorially

arvind

@dialecticalmusing.at.app.wafrn.net

Some thoughts about Science, triggered by this discussion on this 2015 research paper.

I think there is a larger point applicable to all such studies: one cannot delineate inherited versus acquired components, or genes versus environment, or nature versus nurture. I know there are [...]

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Gambol

to run or jump about in a playful way (implies a general joy); frolic; skip; dance; leap; prance;

Miranda Keeling

@mirandakeeling.com

In the fields around Buckingham, the pure joyous energy that is lambs, gambol about.

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Mar

to damage (slightly); to spoil; to disfigure or deface

The Sacramento Bee

@sacbee.com

Safety enhancement zones and an alcohol ban in city parks are under consideration for Picnic Day weekend, one year after gunfire marred the event.

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Aerie

1. a large nest of a bird of prey (especially eagle or falcon) somewhere high up 2. a house that is built somewhere high up

happy rudy month

@redoran.bsky.social

random queued into coral aerie oh hell nah

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Precipitate

to cause an event to happen (usually a negative connotation); bring about; bring rise to; provoke; trigger

Khashoggi's Ghost

@urocklive1.bsky.social

"This is a war of choice. The United States had other policy options available. Diplomacy appeared to have promise to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Increased economic pressure had the potential, over time, to precipitate regime change."

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Multifarious

having many different parts; numerous and varied

MobiQuotes

@mobiquotes.bsky.social

A woman may be looked upon as an object for sexual satisfaction but her multifarious roles and diversified approaches make her a complex being which man has not been able to understand.

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Inert

having no action; doesn't do anything; a person that can't do anything

Kye Fox

@kyefox.com

Saturday Night Live is weird. I've always found its attempts at humor completely inert, but some of my favorite comedians launched their careers on it. It seems like a contradiction.

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Intrepid

fearless; dauntless

SlashGear

@slashgear.bsky.social

We're at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Spain and our intrepid reporter is carrying several cool bits of tech in order to cover the show.

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Inundate

to overwhelm; to flood someone with too much stuff; overrun; bombard; overload; swamp

TxNana

@txnana.bsky.social

you know what we need to move everyone to act? we need an influx of movie studios to produce movies from books. books like 1984, Maus, Animal Farm. You know, all the banned books. Just inundate the whole movie-sphere with nothing but political/humanity dystopian books made into movies.

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