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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minified
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Halsey said the women’s identities were reduced to billboard images during the investigation of their deaths.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Second, the swift realignment of NASA Goddard’s priorities with the President’s budget request for the 2026 fiscal year — a realignment that occurred when the budget was still only a request — reduced the availability of mission formulation and mission engineering personnel to work on AXIS.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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Drone strikes have decreased by 83%.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Though on Saturday, MDFR said smoke in the area had greatly decreased compared to Thursday and Friday.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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The total number of employees downsized out of a job in the wake of the merger now stands at 1,748, according to the online filing.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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While inflation is on everyone’s minds these days, Joint Venture’s Rachel Massaro noted this year’s index had been downsized from more than 200 pages to less than a hundred.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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That debate ramped up during the pandemic, when some studios shortened theatrical exclusivity periods in order to move films to release for video on demand or streaming.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Instead of slowly fading as expected, the luminosity oscillated downward while the time between each fluctuation shortened.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 Mar. 2026
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When recovery becomes doubtful or diminished, incentives weaken.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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The 5-foot-10 Murray was once one of the league's best running QBs, but age and injury have diminished, though not entirely destroyed, his rushing ability.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The bill calls for the implementation of aircraft detection lighting systems, sometimes abbreviated as ADLS, which the Federal Aviation Administration describes as obstruction lights that turn on when a primary radar detects approaching aircraft.—
Cami Koons,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
17 Feb. 2026
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Choose the Right Color Temperature Color temperature refers to how warm or cool a light source is, measured in Kelvin (abbreviated as K).—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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This enables compressed heat to be stored and reused throughout the process without fossil fuel combustion, delivering significant low‑carbon benefits, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Inevitably, however, the result feels like the character evolutions, machinations, and plot pivots of an entire series of the show compressed desperately into 112 minutes.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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As the year went along, those opportunities lessened, and Moore became a decoy running clearout routes quite a bit.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The jump lessened through the day, though, which helped moderate the losses for stocks.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Minified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minified. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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