1
as in demoting
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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2
as in lowering
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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3
as in sinking
to diminish the price or value of
a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade
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as in decreasing
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Recent Examples of reducing
Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
See video … LISTEN Tune in to the FOX NEWS RUNDOWN PODCAST to learn how the White House plans to strengthen control over critical minerals while reducing dependence on China.
—FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Providing this unique perspective could prove crucial for cross-referencing signals and reducing false positives caused by local environmental factors or seasonal variations.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
While gas utilities have made significant progress in reducing leaks, eliminating them is difficult.
—NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Simply reducing the volume of your cat's current food could result in deficiencies of micronutrients.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In exchange, the streamer — usually a global player — gets the programming expertise of their linear partner, reducing their need to spend on local originals and providing it with a means of distributing local news.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Some insurers are reducing their presence in stand-alone Part D plans, while the Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier Elevance is leaving the market entirely.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Research has shown the benefits of exercise in mitigating the effects of aging by increasing blood flow to the brain and reducing the risk of chronic conditions, such as heart disease.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
Moisturizing, soothing, and redness reducing, Erborian’s CC Cream is the ultimate cult-favorite beauty product.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
Actions the report calls for include rapidly reducing planet-heating pollution and scaling up carbon removal from the atmosphere.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
See video … LISTEN Tune in to the FOX NEWS RUNDOWN PODCAST to learn how the White House plans to strengthen control over critical minerals while reducing dependence on China.
—FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Providing this unique perspective could prove crucial for cross-referencing signals and reducing false positives caused by local environmental factors or seasonal variations.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
While gas utilities have made significant progress in reducing leaks, eliminating them is difficult.
—NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Simply reducing the volume of your cat's current food could result in deficiencies of micronutrients.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In exchange, the streamer — usually a global player — gets the programming expertise of their linear partner, reducing their need to spend on local originals and providing it with a means of distributing local news.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Some insurers are reducing their presence in stand-alone Part D plans, while the Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier Elevance is leaving the market entirely.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Research has shown the benefits of exercise in mitigating the effects of aging by increasing blood flow to the brain and reducing the risk of chronic conditions, such as heart disease.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reducing
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Considering this poor return (scoring points was a key target in demoting Doohan for Colapinto), Briatore acknowledged during the Dutch GP weekend that Alpine may have unnecessarily burdened its young Argentine driver.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Spirit has been looking for ways to slash costs, including furloughing and demoting hundreds more pilots and cutting unprofitable routes.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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John McAdorey / Shutterstock file Flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport faced delays of around 30 minutes late Tuesday afternoon, but the delay times were decreasing, the FAA said.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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It can be tuned to match your weight and riding style simply by increasing or decreasing the air pressure.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Oct. 2025
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The recommendations comes after West Hollywood began exploring lowering or waiving fees altogether to attract more production and see if volume offsets the loss and a new state tax credit system is poised to bring more work back to California.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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By dramatically lowering the cost of delivery, technology is enabling small businesses that previously couldn't afford marketing, HR or financial advice to tap into those capabilities.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Organizations with a poor data foundation see diminishing returns from technology investments, while those with superior data infrastructure experience accelerating returns.—
Tammy Hawes,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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According to a recent Bank of America Institute survey, lower-income families have experienced diminishing growth in after-tax earnings, with August marking the slowest rate since 2016.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The alliance should also increase its training with an eye toward degrading or destroying the Kaliningrad facilities should direct hostilities break out.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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The research revealed a strong correlation between microbial plastic-degrading potential and global plastic pollution levels, suggesting bacteria are adapting to what’s available.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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Rasmus Ristolainen is out for at least the first month, while Cam York is now on injured reserve, too, further depleting the blue line for the first week of the season and maybe longer.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Even those who like parts of his agenda have been stumped about how to talk him out of the stuff that terrifies them — whiplash tariffs and a labor-depleting immigration crackdown.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His free-throw stroke looked good, buoyed by sinking all but two of his eight attempts.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Because the planet rotates very fast, these rising and sinking currents get twisted and stretched into horizontal flows, AKA jet streams.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a stand mixer, thoroughly cream together the shortening, margarine, 3 cups of the sugar, and the eggs.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Processing extras’ job bookings has helped give Everyset a window in to where work is now, as Hollywood grapples with major studios cutting the number of annual big theatrical bets and shortening TV episode orders from the Peak TV days of just a few years ago.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Reducing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reducing. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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