How to Use reduction in a Sentence

reduction

noun

• Many voters want to see some reduction of the deficit.
• There is a 20 percent reduction on selected items during this sale.
• Semaglutide in the lower dose was able to give a reduction in body weight of 7.2%.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• Add it all up and BNB is good for reductions of just over $1 billion a year.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 June 2023
• The reduction was initially planned to last only until the end of this month.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 13 July 2023
• Most cited cost reduction as the reason for the layoffs.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
• In the case of fraud cases, the guidelines call for knocking off up to three points for a guilty plea, which translates to a reduction of a few years.
  — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 29 Sep. 2023
• Despite the nearly 25% reduction in the newsroom, Tang said the paper cannot lose sight of its purpose.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• The White House is telling reporters of side deals with Republicans that will already take some of the bite out of the spending reductions.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 May 2023
• Much of that crude is being sent to Europe, to replace reductions in Russian supplies, and to Asia.
  — The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
• My guess is the latter group is betting on a reduction in interest rates next year.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
• The remaining three had more than a 70 percent reduction in the need for red cell transfusions.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
• When menopause hits, there is a reduction in the production of estrogen.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2023
• The reduction was greater among men who got 20 or more prescriptions over the study’s five-year follow up period.
  — TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
• Double the amounts from either recipe, then divide the finished reduction.
  — Jim Webster, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• There has, over the last decade, been a steady decrease in the number of shots teams take from long distance, a reduction that tracks quite neatly with the rise of analytics.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• The reduction in ranks, the result of a fiscal crisis that led to layoffs and attrition, was followed by one of the worst periods of crimes in the city, Mr. Corey said.
  — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• The application to apply for a tax reduction is on the county’s website.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
• Those reductions have now lasted two and a half years following a single dose of the therapy.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
• Most of the rent reductions have only happened in the last half of this year, with December marking five months of rent declines in San Diego County.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
• That’s because a historical trend that saw the rapid reduction in the size and cost of transistors—known as Moore’s Law—may be nearing its end.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
• Tricerat’s employees work a four-day week, with no reduction in pay.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2023
• In July, Rogers was laid off as part of a broader reduction in staff that impacted the sales department.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
• The more ambitious one produces emissions reductions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, while the status quo doesn’t.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
• The total reductions could be more than 100, although a final number has yet to be decided.
  — Gabriela Mello, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
• For one, the size reduction is too slight to do away with magnificent solar eclipses within our lifetimes.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
• Recall that Polis wants to use the surplus for income-tax reduction without changing the state budget.
  — Vance Ginn, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
• Some Russian military bloggers are urging the government not to let the attack force a reduction in tourism in the region.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
• The reduction was greater among educated men in their prime, who worked an average of 44.3 fewer hours per year over the same time period.
  — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• In 2021, a Maui County report also warned about the rampantly spreading shrubbery and called for its reduction.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024