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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  • Bassam Abed said at least 10 residences housing some 300 families were reduced to rubble, and families were not given enough time to flee.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • That night’s show was reduced from 29 to 19 songs, between the concert running late from the interruption and Toomey likely not being able to duplicate Castronovo’s lead singing moments as well as his drumming.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • Deaths from the virus have decreased by 36% in the past decade.
    — Philip A. Chan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Penalties of $3,400 issued the same month against the town of Brentwood were decreased to $2,600 after a settlement.
    — William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreased
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  • After her daughter and son grew up, Saint and her husband downsized to a stylish, art-laden condominium in Westwood in the mid-1970s.
    — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Scientific priorities evolve, platforms are discontinued, and departments that were expanding one year may be downsized the next, not because the people failed, but because business priorities changed.
    — Bill Holodnak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of downsized
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  • In November 1959, President Ben-Zvi shortened the sentences of the last two men still in prison, Shmuel Malinki and Gavriel Dahan.
    — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Practically no major league has shortened its regular season calendar on a permanent basis.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • That is quite far apart from the commercial industry, which actually stands to be diminished by these policy reforms.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2026
  • By raw numbers, net domestic out-migration of Californians to other states continues even as the California exodus overall has diminished in strength.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminished
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  • The playoffs will conclude an eventful 2026 season fans at one point worried would either be abbreviated or eliminated entirely by labor strife.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • High-dynamic range High-dynamic range, which is often abbreviated as HDR in product specs, dramatically improves the color and contrast of a TV.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of abbreviated
Verb
  • Brands face a compounding storm of carrier peak surcharges, compressed delivery windows, and intense warehouse capacity constraints.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the team fed the moment-by-moment activity of 332 brain regions into CEBRA, a machine-learning tool that compressed the data down to its essential structure while preserving the order of events.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of compressed
Verb
  • Though the rate of killing has lessened today, with some states restricting the shooting of prairie dogs, they’re still widely considered pests among ranchers.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There were three rookie quarterbacks starting the opener in three of the previous five seasons as teams have become quicker to turn over the reins as the differences between the college and pro games have lessened.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of lessened
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“Minified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minified. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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