1.   Although the U.S. Justice Department has approved the plan, lawyers for Democrats and minorities are expected to claim it dilutes the impact of minority voters.

2.   And by that time, inflation and a larger economy would dilute the impact of any additional flow of funds.

3.   Chili, garlic and bold herbs can always be used to season the garnishes because the soup will dilute their impact.

4.   Does it concern you that as nationality becomes a commodity, it might dilute the impact of the Games?

5.   He did not want to dilute the impact of the HBO documentary, which premiered in April, six months after the ESPN profile was broadcast.

6.   He cannot use his potent serve as a crutch on a surface that dilutes its impact.

7.   In two days, Van Gundy must devise a strategy to dilute the impact Vince Carter has had on the Knicks this season.

8.   It does tend to overwhelm the actors, however, who can look rather small and helpless in ways that, however symbolically appropriate, dilute psychological impact.

9.   Labor-saving devices, after all, tend to dilute the impact of an art form whose appeal rests on the expenditure of human energy.

10.   Similarly, commercial interests can often pressure governments to dilute the impact of proposed agreements, producing a fine-sounding document with virtually no meaningful results.