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as in demotes
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 decreases
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 lowers
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 reduces
This reduces long setup times typically required for brain-computer interfaces.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
Removing your data from these sites reduces the information criminals can use to target you.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
This integrated cooling technology significantly reduces heat, making the process feel like a light snap of a rubber band.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The new guilty plea entered in the Ascension Parish court in Louisiana is the result of a deal that reduces the rapper’s potential sentence.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
Zillow has argued that the approach fragments listing information and reduces transparency for buyers.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
The self-image reduces the options, and so the horizon becomes narrower.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Recycling sports equipment not only keeps it out of landfills, but reduces the need for new equipment to be manufactured, Clarkin said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Being up to date on taxes reduces the amount of penalties and interest that builds from waiting.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
Removing your data from these sites reduces the information criminals can use to target you.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
This integrated cooling technology significantly reduces heat, making the process feel like a light snap of a rubber band.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The new guilty plea entered in the Ascension Parish court in Louisiana is the result of a deal that reduces the rapper’s potential sentence.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
Zillow has argued that the approach fragments listing information and reduces transparency for buyers.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
The self-image reduces the options, and so the horizon becomes narrower.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Recycling sports equipment not only keeps it out of landfills, but reduces the need for new equipment to be manufactured, Clarkin said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Being up to date on taxes reduces the amount of penalties and interest that builds from waiting.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduces
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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And recent data from a trial that Cherney is involved in, called REMODEL, show that semaglutide reduces damage to kidney blood vessel linings, decreases the activity of natural killer cells (white blood cells that destroy diseased cells), and increases fat loss from stores surrounding the kidneys.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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That design choice vastly lowers costs but leaves a Robotaxi without a fallback to the machine-vision software analyzing the car’s camera feeds.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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As part of the lawsuit, the plaintiffs filed to reverse a Labor Department rule that lowers the wages paid to foreign workers hired through the H-2A program.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Phase 1 degrades military power and holds hostage the regime’s economic lifelines.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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And the implants can sometimes move or cause scar tissue buildup over time that degrades their signals.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Russia also hopes the war pulls attention away from Ukraine and depletes Western arsenals.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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His exit further depletes resources in the specialty.—
Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Usually a warm El Nino spikes temperatures and its cool La Nina flip side depresses temperatures.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Empirical studies confirm that reliance on large donors depresses participation in time-intensive legislative activities—things such as bill sponsorship, floor debate, and committee work.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Ned Bair, a research associate at the Earth Research Institute at UC Santa Barbara, said that while the total number of avalanches may decrease over time as the overall snowpack diminishes, the ones that do occur could become more intense due to climate change.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Battered by bombs and torpedoes, the USS California slowly sinks into Pearl Harbor.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Astin sinks into his pathetic character with full commitment, but the running gag about Ron getting more upset about the possibility of being banned from the fast-food restaurant than anything else is hammered so relentlessly that the character just seems mentally challenged.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
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