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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
Cleaning refrigerator coils helps the appliance run efficiently, extends its life, and reduces your energy bill.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2025
Compared to traditional indigo dyeing, the process consumes 83 percent less water and 32 percent less energy and reduces CO₂ emissions and steam usage.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
This inconsistency frustrates drivers and reduces their confidence in public charging networks, further slowing EV adoption.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Compared to existing methods to recover rare earth elements, a process based on rapidly heating waste magnet material in the presence of chlorine gas uses one-third of the processing steps, reduces energy consumption by 87 percent, and produces 84 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Reading develops critical thinking, expands vocabulary, enhances conversation, builds background knowledge, reduces stress, strengthens memory and writing skills, improves communication, and fuels imagination.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Combining these vaccines streamlines the childhood immunization schedule, reduces the number of doctor visits and needle sticks, and helps ensure that children receive full protection on time.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
This method does not require drilling new wells, which significantly reduces setup costs and environmental disruption and accelerates deployment.
—Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
This robot vacuum reduces daily chores, keeping floors clean of dirt, dust, and pet hair with minimal effort.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2025
Compared to traditional indigo dyeing, the process consumes 83 percent less water and 32 percent less energy and reduces CO₂ emissions and steam usage.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
This inconsistency frustrates drivers and reduces their confidence in public charging networks, further slowing EV adoption.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Compared to existing methods to recover rare earth elements, a process based on rapidly heating waste magnet material in the presence of chlorine gas uses one-third of the processing steps, reduces energy consumption by 87 percent, and produces 84 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Reading develops critical thinking, expands vocabulary, enhances conversation, builds background knowledge, reduces stress, strengthens memory and writing skills, improves communication, and fuels imagination.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Combining these vaccines streamlines the childhood immunization schedule, reduces the number of doctor visits and needle sticks, and helps ensure that children receive full protection on time.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
This method does not require drilling new wells, which significantly reduces setup costs and environmental disruption and accelerates deployment.
—Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
This robot vacuum reduces daily chores, keeping floors clean of dirt, dust, and pet hair with minimal effort.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduces
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This risk decreases as the storm moves away.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Reduce watering during the winter as growth decreases, and increase humidity by using a humidifier.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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At the press of a button, the U-Hawk automatically opens its doors and lowers its ramp for loading.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Borve The kind of home that lowers your blood pressure, this cottage for two sits close to the shoreline within the Scottish Highlands, away from the bustle of the cities.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2025
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This process degrades the mirrors' reflectivity and clarity over time, so technicians regularly recoat and polish them to ensure the best precision.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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That performance degrades over time.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The result is not just one exhausted employee, but a system that steadily depletes its people.—
Sandro da Silva,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, an iron-core collapse supernova happens after a star more than 10 times our sun’s mass finally depletes all its fuel and subsequently collapses into a neutron star or black hole.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Aerohart explains of its own device, the user simply puts the tinder – char cloth seems to be the most recommended – inside the cavity at the tip of the removable piston rod, reinstalls the piston back into the cylinder, then firmly and rapidly depresses it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Oct. 2025
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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,
14 Oct. 2025
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The federal determination highlights how permitting males to compete on female teams displaces female athletes from podiums, denies them advancement opportunities, and diminishes their visibility and recognition in competitions.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The vessel then gradually sinks deeper and deeper into the sea until it is fully submerged by the end of the clip.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Take a deep inhale through your nose, and tilt your pelvis toward you so your belly button sinks down and your back goes flat on the ground.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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