MINIFY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minify

verb

Definition of minify

as in to reduce

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Its compact permanent magnet motor enables a smaller pod diameter, reducing hydrodynamic drag while maintaining high propulsion performance.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Advanced transmission technologies can reduce those losses and increase existing network capacity without requiring entirely new lines.

— Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of reduce

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But these policies don't protect people from a layoff due to other factors like if the company downsizes or closes operations.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
But the site had seen a series of downsizing moves over recent years, as the company struggled to keep up with its rivals as generative AI transformed the industry.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of downsize

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Foreign central banks and other institutions looking for a safe place to park their capital have diminished roles in the Treasury market and have increasingly turned to alternative havens like gold.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
These stabs at earnestness do nothing to diminish the feeling of the concert film being little more than a cash grab.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of diminish

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The Future Factor Judge Leon concluded that the government had just failed to show that the AT&T-Time Warner merger would substantially lessen competition.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
But, by making up that 30% threshold, the case created the machinery to answer the question Congress wanted to address – whether a merger would substantially lessen competition.

— Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of lessen

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This can shorten the distance between a business requirement and an implementation, while leaving teams more time for design, integration and product decisions.

— Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
That arrangement shortens the distance that signals need to travel between processing components.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of shorten

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Pacific Northwest - Severe snow drought across the Cascades, followed by heat, dryness, and wildfire concerns, is expected to produce a more variable and abbreviated season.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Now stock prices could be transmitted across the country at the speed of one character a second, a process made even more efficient when the names of companies were abbreviated—an early form of what today is known as a ticker symbol.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

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