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decreasing

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verb

present participle of decrease
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreasing
Verb
  • State governments, as well as drug manufacturers, provide financial help to the uninsured, often reducing the cost of PrEP medicines to zero.
    James K. Glassman, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Studies show these reforms—reducing minimum parking requirements, legalizing ADUs, and simplifying permitting processes—resulted in more housing.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But the same things that prevent parents from maintaining employment or housing — especially substance abuse and mental illness — often inhibit them from engaging in services, while also diminishing their ability to protect and care for their children.
    Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
  • After his round, the Irishman did not tolerate the media diminishing his spot in the tournament.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Make a simple cake batter using self-rising flour, eggs, buttermilk, shortening, and sugar.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Regional Transportation District officials on Friday announced the end of slow zone speed restrictions for northbound D Line light rail trains and the shortening of a slow zone along the E and H lines as part of the agency’s catch-up maintenance to fix and replace deteriorating tracks.
    Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Mature markets like California, Colorado, and Oregon are shrinking in sales and tax revenue.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The pool of available CPAs has been shrinking as Baby Boomers and some Gen Xers retire.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2025
  • That was after falling less than 13,000 fans short of 3 million in 2022.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Decreasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decreasing. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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