minify

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Recent Examples of minify To improve page load speed, consider reducing image sizes, minifying code and enabling browser caching. 2. Yec, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
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Verb
  • The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Robert Shapiro, a professor of government and public affairs at Columbia University, questioned whether the removal of social media would meaningfully reduce the likelihood of political violence.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Steam decreased 33 percent and gas consumption decreased 12 percent—both due to more consistent production flows.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Austin, Denver have seen rents decrease Such arguments aren’t just economics textbook ideas, say Horowitz and other observers.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Demand tailwinds for office overall continue, as company downsizing rates are stabilizing.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • After building equity in their homes, many retirees are choosing to downsize and move closer to their kids and grandkids.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The low-key setting — a 6-0 thrashing of third tier opposition in the Carabao Cup third round — does not diminish the quality of strikes that Gomez’s former Inter Miami team-mate Lionel Messi would have been proud of.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • However, the overall severe weather threat will diminish as the front pushes southward.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a result, the governing agencies restrict potential exposure to lessen the possibility of these long-term impacts.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
  • If the person leans forward, does the pain worsen or lessen?
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Promising to cut logistics costs, shorten schedules and reduce Carbon emissions by lowering travel, the service is trialing with early adopters.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Allowing a layer of gunk to grow on weather stripping also shortens its lifespan.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rest of the quintet — vocalist Dexter Holland, bassist Todd Morse, multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy and drummer Brandon Pertzborn — then joined in for a rocking (yet, sadly, abbreviated) take on that same album’s legendary title track.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury, which is abbreviated as mm Hg.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Minify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minify. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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