MINIFIED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minified

verb

past tense of minify

as in reduced

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Then beef stock and heavy cream are added, and the sauce is reduced heavily.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
By controlling how densely cancer-targeting proteins are displayed on the virus, the team developed vaccine particles that significantly reduced tumor development in mice.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

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In Iowa, for example, MercyOne Clinton Medical Center ended labor and delivery services earlier this year, citing decreased Medicaid funding as part of the reason.

— Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026
Their systolic and diastolic blood pressure (which measures pressure when the heart relaxes) both decreased.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

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Some lamented the format—essentially a full-length rendition of the LP, nothing more; venues were downsized as excitement (and prurient interest in the album’s salacious subject matter) began to dull.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt appear to have downsized their Brooklyn Heights suite of apartments.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of downsized

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Those exclusive windows, sharply shortened during the pandemic, have gradually lengthened again, according to Octavio Alzola, programming and marketing director at arthouse cinema chain Cines Renoir.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed or shortened in the past few years in California.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of shortened

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As with many early American utopian communities, their ranks diminished after the Civil War, but a small band of Shakers has persisted at Sabbathday.

— Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Somewhat diminished in the film’s erratic attempts to contextualize this ever-metastasizing sickness is Odeh himself.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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The playoffs will conclude an eventful 2026 season fans at one point worried would either be abbreviated or eliminated entirely by labor strife.

— Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2026
High-dynamic range High-dynamic range, which is often abbreviated as HDR in product specs, dramatically improves the color and contrast of a TV.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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