as in to cut down
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This also cuts down on mining for new raw materials, which helps reduce carbon emissions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025 -
Over the past century, people have been cutting down trees to make room for agriculture and development, but cicadas count on those trees for food and mating grounds.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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To reduce background noise when making phone calls or joining in with a video meeting, Headphone (1) has a 4-microphone ENC system that’s backed up by AI.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Each of the wand attachments is made of tourmaline ceramic to help heat the hair evenly and reduce heat damage.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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Most humanoid robots are expensive, hard to modify, and difficult to repair.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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If a married filing joint taxpayers modified AGI exceeds $600,000, the SALT cap would be $10,000.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Following Monday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 220 shares of GS, decreasing its weighting to about 4.35% from about 4.75%.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
7 July 2025
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Revenue has remained relatively stagnant, decreasing slightly from $153 million to $152 million over the past year.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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That show is, by the way, is still going on and moderated by a conservative.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
4 July 2025
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As inflation ravaged the global economy, the U.S. central bank hiked rates to a two-decade high by 2023, but began lowering rates in 2024 as inflation moderated.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The best wrinkle creams on Amazon prove that drugstore prices don't diminish efficacy.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
8 July 2025
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Incentives for the best and brightest foreign science students to come to the U.S. are diminishing at the same time its competitors are increasing their efforts to attract the strongest STEM researchers.—
Marc Zimmer,
The Conversation,
7 July 2025
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If passed and faithfully implemented – a far from certain prospect – these reforms will help lessen the periodic supply constraints, and resulting price spikes, that too often afflict California.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Prioritizing our opportunities is essential, but that does not lessen the significance of this moment.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
2 July 2025
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Trump also suggested that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE — the cost-cutting division unpopular among Americans that Musk led before exiting the administration in late May — might consider slashing incentives that Musk’s companies receive from the U.S. government.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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Norms are being shattered, aid budgets for the poorest and most vulnerable are being slashed, and for the first time in a generation, extreme poverty has been on the rise.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Subtract (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtract%20%28from%29. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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