as in to cut down
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As part of a plea agreement, the murder charge was reduced to involuntary manslaughter, and the remaining charges were dismissed.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
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Additional heavy rainfall is possible beyond Saturday; however, uncertainty in Melissa's track and forward speed reduces confidence in exact totals.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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While initially designed to be used in a rocket artillery system, it was modified to be attached to a first-person-view drone using a wooden stick, wire and duct tape, CAR said.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The researchers plan to address the light sensitivity issue by modifying how the vitamin interacts with the electrolyte and by improving the engineering of the flow cell itself.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Though the number of uninsured motorist was decreasing during the 2010s, the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend, with some Americans, who were driving less often, dropping their insurance, USA TODAY reported.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition, the rebound numbers could decrease for Towns.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Because of this, Susie says, those with a history of calcium oxalate stones may want to moderate their intake.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Presented by the Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society, this timely conversation is moderated by Marco Werman of The World and UC San Diego theater professor Allan Havis.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Although there may be some lingering tension between Turning Point and the Wisconsin GOP, resistance to the group is diminishing, party officials said.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Coleman also pushed back against the notion that enthusiasm for AI diminishes the value of human work.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bringing forward the perspective of Haitians represents one way to both lessen the silences of the past and rectify the ongoing and harmful distortions of the present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Trucks would lift the carts using hydraulics, lessening the labor required by employees to load debris into trucks.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Major job cuts have been expected even before the Skydance Media-Paramount Global deal closed, as part of Ellison and his team’s goal of slashing upwards of $2 billion in costs.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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In August, the city laid off 169 workers and slashed hundreds of vacant positions to make up for part of that shortfall.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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Much of Moreas’s difficulty stems from a shrinking pool of skilled labor in the health care workforce.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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For her next trick, Halsey has shrunk the venues, with a persona that seems at least as large in a looser mode.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Subtract (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtract%20%28from%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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