as in to cut down
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Eco effort The hotel employs single-stream recycling and green housekeeping practices, and also has a green roof ecosystem to reduce the building’s heat load.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026 -
New research suggests these medications, best known for managing diabetes and driving weight loss, may also reduce the severity of one of the most common and underdiagnosed sleep disorders in the country.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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The interest rate may be seen as a stand-in for immutable deep parameters like people’s rate of time preference, or as a price set within the financial system, which can be modified to achieve our collective goals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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For example, Social Security retirement benefits could decrease and pensions could stay the same.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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As more time passes from the peak of the solar cycle, auroral activity will decrease.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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That was just one lesson learned during the drama series panel, moderated by Emily Longeretta at the Variety A Night in the Writers’ Room event in Los Angeles.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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The filmmaker announced the film’s YouTube premiere date this morning during a panel in Cannes, which was moderated by Deadline.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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Successive presidential administrations have done little to diminish alcohol’s harms.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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That evolution doesn’t diminish the importance of our core business.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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Selecting one-off items for exterior spaces without thinking about existing furnishings or accessories lessens the effect of that new piece.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
17 May 2026
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This problem lessens as more roots grow and the leaves thicken up a little more.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2026
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With the center unavailable on Pavel Mintyukov’s first-period slashing penalty against Vegas star Mitch Marner, rookie Tim Washe played with both Killorn and Granlund.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Trump has attacked the Fed and its outgoing chair, Jerome Powell, for refusing to slash rates to boost the economy.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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In a market flooded with AI tools that look similar on the surface, clarity about the actual job to be done is the fastest way to shrink a long list of candidates to a short one.—
Eilon Reshef,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Her strike zone shrank and pitchers treated the heart of it like live ammunition.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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“Subtract (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtract%20%28from%29. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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