minifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of minify
as in reduces

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  1. reduces
  2. decreases
  3. downsizes
  4. diminishes
  5. shortens
  6. abbreviates
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  • Aiir’s software reduces that workload by scanning inspection footage before presenting possible findings to the technician.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • Palliative care reduces disease symptoms and the burdens on caregivers.
    — Jane Callahan, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
Definition of reduces
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  • The longer-term concern is whether the state will have to cover more of the cost if federal support decreases.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
  • Discuss Hidden Factors Instead Of Selling Features In high-trust industries, skepticism usually decreases when the conversation becomes less transactional and more observational.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of decreases
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  • The movie follows Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) as Yoo Man-su, a man who is fired from his job at a paper manufacturing company after an American company buys out his company and downsizes.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of downsizes
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  • Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • When the temperature difference diminishes between the warmer western Pacific and the cooler eastern Pacific, the typical east-to-west trade winds decrease even further.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of diminishes
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  • Scripps researchers looked at the possibility of using this geoengineering over a shorter term in a relatively regional application that shortens the timeline and reduces the bureaucratic complexity of implementing it.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Underwater, the wings passively bend up to 90%, which cuts the load on the motor and shortens the effective sweep of each flap.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2026
Definition of shortens
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  • That’s a tactic city financers used on several other bond projects as well, said Molly Scarbrough, a deputy program manager for the Denver GO Bond Program, which abbreviates general obligation bond.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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