Synonyms for thinning
thin·ning

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1. cutting, thinningnoun

   the act of diluting something

   "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

   Synonyms:
   clipping, cutting, cutting off, film editing, slip, press clipping, cut, newspaper clipping, carving, press cutting

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1. • Dilution

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1. thinningnoun

   Synonyms:
   dilution, reduction, attenuation, rarefaction, subtilization

   Associated words:
   attenuant, diluent

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1. List of paraphrases for "thinning":

   depletion

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1. Anthony Ambrose:

   The current drought in California has contributed to substantial tree mortality, a trend that will certainly continue into the future.Increasing temperatures will continue to stress trees and forests of the state in the future, and having the ability to periodically monitor forest conditions over large spatial scales is important, this information will be extremely useful for both public and private forestland managers in their decision-making process, e.g., for prioritizing areas for prescribed fire or mechanical thinning to reduce competition for water and decrease fire risk.

2. Brett Pybus:

   Thinning bond market liquidity has helped drive institutional demand for ETFs, the trading of individual bonds is becoming harder, so we're increasingly seeing investors who focus on this space starting to look at ETFs as another tool to complement what they are doing.

3. Katharine Zaleski:

   About five years into working, they'll see the results of not having stronger female leadership in this country: unequal pay, one of the world's worst parental leave policies and thinning numbers of women at the executive level.

4. Andy Shepherd:

   I think the new estimates of ice loss computed (from the thinning of the ice) are far too high, because the glaciers in this sector just haven't speeded up that much.

5. Daniel Lim:

   The market can’t sustain that many; there’s going to be a thinning out of the herd.