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
Verb
  • Demand for oil plunged during the war because supply fell sharply and many folks reduced their oil consumption.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by about 90% each, undoing protections established by former presidents on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 July 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • Only two items tracked by the Farm Bureau decreased in price in 2026.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Procurement and Obsolescence Savings At one company, obsolescence in both raw materials and finished goods decreased by 30%.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of decreased
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  • The ocean’s abundance had been dramatically diminished, but few recreational fishermen noticed; their expectations had been downsized, too.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • With the rolling back of sustainability reporting requirements, businesses also downsized their sustainability teams, often rolling them under existing departments with limited scope.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of downsized
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  • Hayward and Bienvenue also recognized that their stories had been shortened for the show, so audiences did not see all of the necessary context for their engagement.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • The company was able to join the exchange due to a recent rule change that shortened the eligibility period to 15 trading days for newly public companies.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • The ocean’s abundance had been dramatically diminished, but few recreational fishermen noticed; their expectations had been downsized, too.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Kylian Mbappé’s powers were diminished in that tournament after sustaining a broken nose, while emerging stars like Michael Olise and Désiré Doué were yet to break through.
    — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of diminished
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  • The next year, Mourning was traded to the New Jersey Nets, but health concerns abbreviated his stint before he was dealt to the Toronto Raptors for Vince Carter.
    — James Jackson, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • In recent years, shorts have been getting smaller, shorter, more abbreviated.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 22 May 2026
Definition of abbreviated
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  • There, a holiday somewhere hot and indistinct, the only clear memory compressed into the feeling of rough grains of sand studding her feet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • That said, my voice sounds slightly distant, echoey, and compressed.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
Definition of compressed
Verb
  • The decision doesn’t automatically remove him from the Cy Young conversation, but his workload, lessened by the six-man rotation, was already the biggest adjustment to his campaign.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Visibility lessened as the Cardinals tacked on a third-inning insurance run and, by the sixth inning, clearly began to affect play.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of lessened
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