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as in lowered
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as in diminished
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as in demoted
to bring to a lower grade or rank
was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court
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as in decreased
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement
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as in depressed
to diminish the price or value of
a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade
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Recent Examples of reduced
Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
But more extreme weather and reduced snowfall leave them in a bind.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
Duality – On Black Wings stacks for max effectiveness, reduced from 5 to 3 but extend buff duration from 7 to 10 seconds.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Three months on, these tweaks have reduced, or in some cases completely alleviated, some of my symptoms.
—Devinder Bains, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Questions have continued to be raised about his impartiality on X (formerly Twitter) though his posting on the platform has reduced significantly in recent months.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Max size reduced to 6, bonus ammo changed to +50 reload speed.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The dialogues focused on one specific conspiracy theory per person, but after interacting with the AI, participants also reduced their belief in other, unrelated conspiracies.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The measure is strongly backed by a group of California prosecutors and large retailers, including Walmart, and aims to overhaul parts of Proposition 47, a measure approved by voters in 2014 that reduced certain drug and property crime penalties.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
But more extreme weather and reduced snowfall leave them in a bind.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
Duality – On Black Wings stacks for max effectiveness, reduced from 5 to 3 but extend buff duration from 7 to 10 seconds.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Three months on, these tweaks have reduced, or in some cases completely alleviated, some of my symptoms.
—Devinder Bains, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Questions have continued to be raised about his impartiality on X (formerly Twitter) though his posting on the platform has reduced significantly in recent months.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Max size reduced to 6, bonus ammo changed to +50 reload speed.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The dialogues focused on one specific conspiracy theory per person, but after interacting with the AI, participants also reduced their belief in other, unrelated conspiracies.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduced
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The legislation created a formal legal basis for discriminating against non-Jews and demoted the status of the Arab language, which until then had been an official language in Israel.Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
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Foreign experts can be swiftly deported or politely asked to leave, and local ones can be demoted with virtually no explanation.Calvert W. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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Voters lowered the approval threshold for local school bonds from two-thirds to 55% in 2000, which led to a surge in their introduction and passage.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Li also lowered prices for several of its models a few months ago and this has also likely helped support sales to an extent.Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Deeper within, the mantle and core are no longer gassy but instead rich with compressed exotic ices.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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These companies typically demonstrate higher volatility than their large-cap counterparts, capable of delivering substantial returns in compressed timeframes.Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The permissiveness of college administrators in their tolerance for intolerance against free speech on campus has degraded free-speech protections dramatically.Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
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The hydroelectric dams, which were built between 1912 and the 1960s, not only blocked salmon from reaching spawning areas but also degraded the river’s water quality, contributing to toxic algae blooms and disease outbreaks that at times killed masses of fish.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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The repetitiveness depleted the music of any emotional value.Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
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Their wing depth was depleted with no more Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, or Precious Achiuwa.Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Norse Atlantic Airways, a discount European airline, recently revealed dozens of flight deals on flights from the United States to Europe throughout the rest of 2024 and early 2025 as part of a September Sale.Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2024
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Those ties have been buoyed by discount Russian oil purchases from China and sanctions-hit Russia’s increasing reliance on Chinese consumer goods amid its economic isolation.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
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The company acknowledges substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the condensed financial statements being issued.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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The second is that weekend learn-to-hunt programs — like the condensed version of Field to Fork these hunters been through — don’t actually retain new hunters.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Of course, that snub hasn’t really diminished the Parkour Civilization phenomenon.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Expectations are diminished, contaminated by politics.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Reduced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduced. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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