minified

verb

past tense of minify
as in reduced

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minified
  1. reduced
  2. decreased
  3. downsized
  4. shortened
  5. diminished
  6. abbreviated
  7. compressed
  8. lessened
Verb
  • He was sentenced to four years’ probation and initially ordered to stay away from his ex-wife and two children for six years, which was later reduced to two years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • In a further wrinkle, the researchers found that warmer weather increased mouse numbers but decreased nymphal ticks.
    — Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Since then, available retail space has declined by about 13% with the restructuring of the Water Tower Place, and store vacancies have decreased by 2%, according to Gregory Kirsch, managing broker for Kirsch agencies.
    — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of decreased
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  • Some lamented the format—essentially a full-length rendition of the LP, nothing more; venues were downsized as excitement (and prurient interest in the album’s salacious subject matter) began to dull.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
  • John Krasinski and Emily Blunt appear to have downsized their Brooklyn Heights suite of apartments.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of downsized
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  • Those exclusive windows, sharply shortened during the pandemic, have gradually lengthened again, according to Octavio Alzola, programming and marketing director at arthouse cinema chain Cines Renoir.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed or shortened in the past few years in California.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • As with many early American utopian communities, their ranks diminished after the Civil War, but a small band of Shakers has persisted at Sabbathday.
    — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Somewhat diminished in the film’s erratic attempts to contextualize this ever-metastasizing sickness is Odeh himself.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 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
  • Assembled through the winter and shipped south, the modular approach compressed the timeline to 22 months.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • One solution exploits a mismatch between the way PHP measures compressed files and decoded files.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of compressed
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  • Frech’s chokehold on the competition lessened slightly, though largely through no fault of his own.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026
  • If Mendelson wins next Tuesday, Bolton’s corrosive influence in Tamarac will be lessened.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of lessened
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