MINIFIED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minified

verb

past tense of minify

as in reduced

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That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 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

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The 11-day, summertime Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises began Monday morning as scheduled and it wasn’t known which parts of the training were being downsized.

— Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Ada County’s largest roundabout was recently downsized after highway officials observed that certain types of crashes were on the rise.

— Rose Evans August 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of downsized

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And the Sox received a bit of a bad break in the eighth with a 1-hour, 28-minute rain delay that shortened Grant Taylor’s relief outing to one inning.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
With Jeanie’s power firmly defined by the court, the Lakers signed LeBron James in 2018, traded for Anthony Davis in 2019 and won a title during a season shortened by COVID in 2020.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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The term refers to when tobacco companies in the 1990s were forced to pay billions of dollars for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products, and subsequently saw their power and influence dramatically diminished.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
But the likelihood of finding more survivors has diminished sharply since the first 72 hours after the earthquake.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 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

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Dimethyl ether, or DME, is a gas that can be compressed into a liquid at room temperature under 75 psi, a relatively low pressure similar to that of a bike tire.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
My salary has been compressed by decades of raises well below inflation and stagnant institutional pay scales.

— Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of compressed

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It's become harder for NFL scouts to evaluate a prospect's hunger, but the fears of how players will react to making money have lessened.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The safety concerns that come with bipedal robots—such as potentially falling over on a human worker—are lessened because a shipyard environment is staffed with workers who are trained to work around potentially dangerous industrial equipment.

— Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026

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