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as in demoted
to bring to a lower grade or rank
was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court
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as in decreased
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement
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as in depressed
to diminish the price or value of
a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade
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Recent Examples of reduced
CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2026
Fuel sales for vehicles are rationed, airlines have suspended flights or reduced frequencies, and many workplaces have reduced hours.
—Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Beyond flight testing, NASA plans to conduct community overflight studies, where the aircraft will fly over populated areas to measure how people perceive the reduced noise signature.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
The blackouts have a significant impact on the population, whose lives are disrupted by reduced work hours, lack of electricity for cooking, and food spoilage when refrigerators stop working, among many other consequences.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Notably, the correlation between high parent stress and reduced positive parenting along with reduced healthy food intake in children remained in the control group after three months but was no longer significant in the PMH group.
—Karen Guzman, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
Low-income individuals may qualify for reduced or waived fees.
—Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The drug was also associated with reduced knee pain.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Benfoteam, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Refresh cycles were designed to be repeatable, with quality checks that reduced noise and prevented unintended drift.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
On appeal, the sentences were reduced by several month, but both women still went to prison.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Spanning the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution, the film follows Xu Fugui (Ge You), a once-wealthy gambler reduced to poverty, and his steadfast wife Jiazhen (Gong Li), whose resilience anchors the family through cycles of loss and survival.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
If that is accepted in the negotiations, then Lamont’s rebate of $200 per person would be reduced.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Whether Iranian forces would assault Red Sea shipping themselves remains unclear, but in recent years the Houthis, Tehran's proxy militia based in Yemen, have vastly reduced traffic through the waterway with attacks on vessels there.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
That means bus and train services could be reduced or potentially eliminated for metro Denver residents across RTD’s 2,345-square-mile service area that spans eight counties.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Dye was reinstated when the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
—Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Fuel sales for vehicles are rationed, airlines have suspended flights or reduced frequencies many workplaces have reduced hours.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2026
Fuel sales for vehicles are rationed, airlines have suspended flights or reduced frequencies, and many workplaces have reduced hours.
—Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Beyond flight testing, NASA plans to conduct community overflight studies, where the aircraft will fly over populated areas to measure how people perceive the reduced noise signature.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
The blackouts have a significant impact on the population, whose lives are disrupted by reduced work hours, lack of electricity for cooking, and food spoilage when refrigerators stop working, among many other consequences.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Notably, the correlation between high parent stress and reduced positive parenting along with reduced healthy food intake in children remained in the control group after three months but was no longer significant in the PMH group.
—Karen Guzman, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
Low-income individuals may qualify for reduced or waived fees.
—Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The drug was also associated with reduced knee pain.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
Benfotiamine reduced harmful brain changes while improving memory in animal experiments.
—Benfoteam, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Refresh cycles were designed to be repeatable, with quality checks that reduced noise and prevented unintended drift.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
On appeal, the sentences were reduced by several month, but both women still went to prison.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Spanning the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution, the film follows Xu Fugui (Ge You), a once-wealthy gambler reduced to poverty, and his steadfast wife Jiazhen (Gong Li), whose resilience anchors the family through cycles of loss and survival.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
If that is accepted in the negotiations, then Lamont’s rebate of $200 per person would be reduced.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Whether Iranian forces would assault Red Sea shipping themselves remains unclear, but in recent years the Houthis, Tehran's proxy militia based in Yemen, have vastly reduced traffic through the waterway with attacks on vessels there.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
That means bus and train services could be reduced or potentially eliminated for metro Denver residents across RTD’s 2,345-square-mile service area that spans eight counties.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Dye was reinstated when the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
—Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduced
Adjective
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Dethleffs had to be particularly creative with the toilet room, walling off a private space separate from the remainder of the open floor plan that fits in below the lowered roof.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2026
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Supercharge your multiplier for more winnings and have a better chance at a win with a lowered projection.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After all, his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, demoted him as a working royal but didn’t do much else and provided him with the money to pay a settlement to Virginia Giuffre.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 Mar. 2026
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Just beware of adding something really wacky—like raisins—or you’ll be put on potluck probation and demoted to plate-and-napkin duty.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Tehran praised its attack as a show of strength, even as Israel's military asserts that Iranian missile launches have decreased since the war began.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Voting by mail has decreased since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which in turn directed airflows to levers that depressed piano keys.—
Adam Ozimek,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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Democrats who still believe in the New Deal-era promise of government helping the public are a bit depressed by the idea that the solution to their party’s problems is generating less money for that purpose.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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San Diego Public Library branches also support the event with discounted books in their resale bookshops.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Tesla has been promoting a discounted Cybertruck, a seven-seat version of its Model Y and pinning major revenue hope on its Robotaxi services.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The materials were rolled up, compressed, and wrapped in plastic.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
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Anhydrous ammonia is caustic and must be handled as a compressed gas, but given the high nitrogen content, technology was developed to store and transport so it could be injected into cropland.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As a result, another strategic asset of the regime has been degraded.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s air-defense network has been badly degraded, and its navy reduced to a fraction of its former capacity.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Those six -- as well as 11 others under contract, and players added in the draft process -- will compete on cornerback/safety units that have been badly depleted by lack of cap space and poor decisions by the previous regime, none worse than the selection of Cam Smith in the second round in 2023.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and Russell Westbrook recorded another triple-double to lead the injury depleted Kings to a 118-19 victory before a crowd of 17,420 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Reduced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduced. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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