as in to tone (down)
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There are more and more old people around me, and the number of children is decreasing.Mark Schilling, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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At Taiwan’s National Development Council, which focuses on economic development, however, a hike in tariffs is not a big threat, according to the government agency’s minister, Chin-Ching Liu, who said Taipei has decreased exports to China from 40 percent to 20 percent.Brad Dress, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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Opened in 1956, Sunnyvale High School, the city’s second public high school, worked to achieve collaboration between students and educators, aiming to reduce violence and enrich the curriculum during the interracial tension that marked the 1960s and ’70s.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Roofing contractors said good roofs with years of life left are being replaced ahead of schedule to allow insurers to reduce their risk going forward.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Three years later, the New York Times, with CBS, released the nation’s first media-run poll, at once diminishing the role of man-on-the-street reporting and abandoning the long-standing reluctance of news organizations to conduct polls.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Federal dollar windfalls lead to higher executive pay and other bloated spending, diminishing hospitals’ financial agility.Ge Bai, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Let up (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let%20up%20%28on%29. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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