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How to use the word weakened in a Sentence? Page #2

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Executive privilege is a very important separation of powers issue here, and I don't want to see the presidency weakened, do we want to stretch that thing out for months ? You know, going through legal process because the President will, and should, challenge those types of subpoenas.

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The President showed up, met with The President, gave The President legitimacy, weakened the sanctions we have against The President.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The continuing claims data also may exhibit some volatility around the holiday season, but the trend in the data appears to have weakened over the past month or so.

Daniel Silver

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We need urgent action and bold investments to rebuild America's water infrastructure, not weakened policies that fail to protect the health and safety of our citizens.

Dan Kildee

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In 2008, it was indisputable that the global financial crisis affected real estate values, prices dropped quickly. But for sellers today there is no fundamental factor that points to a weakened market. Understandably, they are reluctant.

Shaun Osher

Found on CNN
5 years ago

General Motors has no interest in having a weakened United Auto Worker, united Auto Worker don't want to reach a tentative agreement with leadership on the other side of the table who can't get it ratified by rank and file.

Kristin Dziczek

Found on CNN
5 years ago

All the markets are in the red and a weakened country like Argentina, with a complicated political situation, gets hits even more.

Hector Scasserra

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is a boon for those that would like to see The United States power in Northeast Asia diminished and Northeast Asia alliances weakened -- specifically, China and North Korea, both see the United States as their primary adversary and The United States alliances as a major impediment to their strategic objectives. Problems between The United States alliances -- especially those as critical as Japan and South Korea -- is seen as both a challenge for American strategy but also a symbol of diminishing American power in Northeast Asia.

The United

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Approximately 450 deaths occur each year from the 1.2 million cases of salmonellosis that occur in United States. Individuals that are particularly susceptible to Salmonella infection include the very young, the very old and people with weakened immune systems.

Catherine Donnelly

Found on CNN
5 years ago

By strengthening and empowering local residents, the influence of extremist groups can be weakened.

Robert Muggah

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Fans want to see meaningful games, they don't want to see fatigued players playing a reduced quality of rugby as part of a money-driven, weakened competition that doesn't work for the players or clubs.

New Zealand

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Fans want to see meaningful games ; they don't want to see fatigued players playing a reduced quality of rugby as part of a money-driven, weakened competition that doesn't work for the players or clubs.

New Zealand

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Since the second half of last year, our country's economic operations have seen changes, and in those changes there are concerns, with complications in the external environment and downward pressures getting more severe, the awareness of the importance of environmental protection has weakened in some regions, and momentum has slowed, with the economic downturn simplistically attributed to a vaguely understood idea of excessive environmental supervision.

Li Ganjie

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Some of the allegations levied against Judge Kavanaugh illustrate why the presumption of innocence is so important, i am thinking in particular not of the allegations raised by Professor Blasey Ford, but of the allegation that, when Blasey Ford was Blasey Ford, Judge Kavanaugh drugged multiple girls and used their weakened state to facilitate gang rape.

Susan Collins

Found on CNN
6 years ago

There are disagreements on trade. This is serious. My task is to try to minimize the negative impact on NATO, so far it hasn't impacted on NATO that much. I cannot guarantee that that will not be the case in the future. The transatlantic bond is not one, there are many ties, some of them have been weakened.

The NATO chief

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

If Europe is weakened, it will only be bad news for China, not the other way around, this platform needs to stay open. It needs to be transparent.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

President Trump's weakened the stigma of being branded a racist, people feel like they can express themselves much more forcefully when it comes to immigration, crime or inequality. But this is not the same thing as actually becoming more racist.

Musa Al-Gharbi

Found on CNN
6 years ago

International agreements and institutions are being weakened. This is worrying, since our multilateral global order comes from the lessons we learned from the terrible world wars of the last century.

Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

His authority is weakened and it is difficult for the Congress now to stake a claim on the leadership of the opposition.

Satish Misra

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We weakened post the FOMC meeting and it's a little bit of the same carrying over to today, augmenting it is some worries about trade negotiations with China that are underway and what may come of that.

Mark Luschini

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

28 days stranded out in the wilderness and Lisa is still standing, strongest person i know, she is severly weakened, she is in pain, she is emaciated.

Will Theris

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We note that defensive equity sectors earnings have generally weakened while cyclical sectors keep their positive momentum, overall for the region, the equity risk premium has decreased, which in turn increases companies' buybacks, a trend which is likely to continue in the short term as reduced uncertainties and a cyclical recovery decrease the necessity to hold liquidity in cash.

Valentin Bissat

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We note that defensive equity sectors earnings have generally weakened while cyclical sectors keep their positive momentum, overall for the region, the equity risk premium has decreased, which in turn increases companies’ buybacks, a trend which is likely to continue in the short term as reduced uncertainties and a cyclical recovery decrease the necessity to hold liquidity in cash.

Valentin Bissat

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

During a famine, death does not necessarily come from starvation, but often from disease as weakened people succumb.

Russell Geekie

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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