MINIFIED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minified

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past tense of minify

as in reduced

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But a 2021 law reduced his probationary term, and it was formally ended in November 2021.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
The redesign reduced both size and weight while increasing transmit power, giving military units greater flexibility during deployments.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

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With the rolling back of sustainability reporting requirements, businesses also downsized their sustainability teams, often rolling them under existing departments with limited scope.

— Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Functions still at the department include the agency’s research arms, though they’ve been heavily downsized.

— Alia Wong, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

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The Paris Court of Appeals on Tuesday shortened the ban on running for office to 45 months, with 30 of those suspended and the remaining 15 months backdated to her March 2025 sentence.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
For some growers, the recent heat also has shortened the harvest window for certain specialty crops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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The union said that unresolved complaints made against Hawk and existing climate issues have significantly diminished confidence among many educators.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Mason, 22, is now hailed as a rising superstar, while Bell's championship aspirations may have diminished.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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The next year, Mourning was traded to the New Jersey Nets, but health concerns abbreviated his stint before he was dealt to the Toronto Raptors for Vince Carter.

— James Jackson, New York Times, 20 June 2026
In recent years, shorts have been getting smaller, shorter, more abbreviated.

— Max Berlinger, Vogue, 22 May 2026

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Investment grade spreads are trading near historical tights, and high yield spreads have compressed below 300 basis points — a level that, according to iShares analysis, has occurred only 5% of the time since January 2000.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
During the peak in 2021 and 2022, C’Ganti has said pricing between Class A, B, and C properties was compressed.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Definition of compressed

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The decision doesn’t automatically remove him from the Cy Young conversation, but his workload, lessened by the six-man rotation, was already the biggest adjustment to his campaign.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Visibility lessened as the Cardinals tacked on a third-inning insurance run and, by the sixth inning, clearly began to affect play.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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