minified

verb

past tense of minify
as in reduced

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  1. reduced
  2. decreased
  3. downsized
  4. shortened
  5. diminished
  6. abbreviated
  7. compressed
  8. lessened
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  • The company, which focuses on the athletic sports accessories industry, also reduced its full year revenue guidance.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At all five, at least two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — well above the roughly 52% district average.
    — Austin Horn August 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • While gasoline demand has decreased, AAA says, citing data from the Energy Information Administration, supply and production also decreased.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But while demand for the nifty two-seater has substantially decreased, the CX-5 has thrived.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of decreased
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  • Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In last November’s constitutional amendment election, the county downsized the number of polling locations, citing cost reductions and low turnout in odd year elections.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Definition of downsized
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  • The away terrace behind one goal is similarly shortened, leaving only the sweeping main stand to provide any kind of architectural merit.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The following is Johnson’s own words, lightly edited and shortened for clarity.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • The influence and interest of the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, there is the rise of China, which has shifted Washington’s strategic focus away from Europe and diminished NATO’s centrality to American concerns.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminished
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  • Menu descriptions arrive as terse little trios—tuna, foie gras and shiso; cuttlefish, buckwheat and celtuce; turbot, lettuce and sake—but the cooking behind them is anything but abbreviated.
    — Lela London, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Fair, 72, lives in the Sam Chriest Home in Cupertino, operated by Adults Toward Independent Living, abbreviated as ATIL.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of abbreviated
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  • Experts note thin conviction and compressed volatility due to summer illiquidity, with some expecting consolidation to persist for weeks.
    — Charles Lloyd Bovaird II, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Picture 15 days of clothing – three pairs of pants, eight shirts, two sweaters, the works – compressed down to a single carry-on.
    — Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of compressed
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  • Still, the lack of strong depth in the Phillies’ system may have lessened their ability to make deals such as those listed above.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Rutherford shares that, until now, a voyage like his would not have been possible, but warmer climates globally have drastically lessened the ice in the Arctic.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of lessened
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“Minified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minified. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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