MINIFIED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minified

verb

past tense of minify

as in reduced

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Although the details of the project – including how the money would be divided between states and how exactly water use would be reduced – are currently undetermined.

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
At a time when Iran dominates political headlines, this novel offered a deeply human perspective on a country too often reduced to geopolitics.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

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Despite the record, nuclear's share of the global energy supply slightly decreased as the overall energy market grew faster.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
But the uptick citywide this year contrasted sharply with Raman’s district, where homelessness actually decreased by 49%.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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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 all-hands that’s never skipped, shortened, or rescheduled; the Slack response that’s never further than 20 minutes away; the LinkedIn post that's never late.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Next season, Rutschman’s final year under club control, might be shortened or canceled by a lockout.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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The district, which previously favored Democrats, now tilts toward Republicans, and some Memphis voters have raised concerns that their representation has been diminished.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Comparisons with 2023, when European river flows were generally around average, show just how diminished some of these key waterways are.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

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The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42897, is a cross-site-scripting vulnerability, usually abbreviated as XSS, that Microsoft provided mitigation advice for in May and patched in July.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026
Jones is now entering his second season as Indy’s unquestioned starter after a resurgent, yet abbreviated 2025 campaign.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of abbreviated

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Rather than following pre-programmed walking patterns, the AI controller learned how the compliant feet compressed and rebounded during every step.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
The press compressed that into too dangerous to release, and the phrase did the work a campaign would have.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 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

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