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as in demoted
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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as in decreased
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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as in depressed
to diminish the price or value of
a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade
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Recent Examples of reduced
CNN Money, 17 June 2026
The plan depends on drug companies sending Canada extra at reduced prices, rather than at the prices charged in the US.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Felicia and Rodnecia Jones, owners of Little People Learning Center in west Orlando, concede substitute teachers are not best for young kids but often have no other way to keep their classrooms staffed, even with reduced enrollment.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2026
The uncertainty over which taxes will be raised to pay for reduced income taxes is another key concern.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
Even after trust fund depletion, the system will continue issuing benefits, albeit at reduced amounts.
—Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Elevated oil prices also made up for reduced export volumes and should provide some relief for the current account and fiscal balances this year.
—Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 17 June 2026
The only exception came during the COVID years, when the schedule was temporarily reduced.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Some studies have found that Measure ULA has reduced the number of apartments built and made the affordability crisis worse.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
This is in addition to the announcement earlier on Wednesday that commissioning spend will be reduced by £80M ($107M) by March 2028.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 June 2026
That sentence came after a plea deal reduced his charge to second-degree murder and dismissed the other two charges.
—Shannon Tyler
june 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026
But the Multiverse team saw that including all the symmetries possible in the system reduced the number that had to be considered independently.
—ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026
Donor 355s are first stripped down to the chassis and dipped, cleaned, and reduced to bare metal.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan Industrial City in March reduced its LNG production capacity by 17%, according to Qatar's energy minister.
—CBS News, 17 June 2026
Adjective
The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake.
—CNN Money, 17 June 2026
The plan depends on drug companies sending Canada extra at reduced prices, rather than at the prices charged in the US.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Felicia and Rodnecia Jones, owners of Little People Learning Center in west Orlando, concede substitute teachers are not best for young kids but often have no other way to keep their classrooms staffed, even with reduced enrollment.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2026
The uncertainty over which taxes will be raised to pay for reduced income taxes is another key concern.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
Even after trust fund depletion, the system will continue issuing benefits, albeit at reduced amounts.
—Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Elevated oil prices also made up for reduced export volumes and should provide some relief for the current account and fiscal balances this year.
—Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Verb
In March, Tyler pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal that reduced his first-degree rape charge to a third-degree offense.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 17 June 2026
The only exception came during the COVID years, when the schedule was temporarily reduced.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Some studies have found that Measure ULA has reduced the number of apartments built and made the affordability crisis worse.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
This is in addition to the announcement earlier on Wednesday that commissioning spend will be reduced by £80M ($107M) by March 2028.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 June 2026
That sentence came after a plea deal reduced his charge to second-degree murder and dismissed the other two charges.
—Shannon Tyler
june 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026
But the Multiverse team saw that including all the symmetries possible in the system reduced the number that had to be considered independently.
—ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026
Donor 355s are first stripped down to the chassis and dipped, cleaned, and reduced to bare metal.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan Industrial City in March reduced its LNG production capacity by 17%, according to Qatar's energy minister.
—CBS News, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduced
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The beat comes on lowered expectations, after the company gave disappointing guidance in February that fell short of analyst estimates.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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For video, the Avata 360 supports a standard color profile with the same naturally vibrant tones as its JPGs, or a 10-bit flat D-Log M profile with lowered contrast and saturation.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Cities and counties with little experience as real-estate developers were suddenly tasked with managing complex acquisitions and renovations under compressed timelines.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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The tabs, known as Tablì, are made of compressed ground coffee and can only be used with a Lavazza Tablì coffee machine.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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Kay had to go to Japan to be allowed to do his thing, start and pitch without the threat of being demoted to the minors or released after any bad performance.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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But Schultz was the fifth starter until his injury, and his replacement, David Sandlin, was demoted to Charlotte after three starts.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Crime in the 21207 zip code area has decreased within the last year, according to data from the Baltimore County Public Safety Data Dashboard.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Parents should quickly seek medical care for an infant who has difficulty swallowing, poor feeding, loss of head control or decreased facial expression, the CDC said.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Rising costs of components, supply chain constraints, and weaker consumer demand that are all partly linked to the Iran war have depressed smartphone sales in much of the continent, resulting in the slowest growth of shipments to Africa in two years, research firm Omdia said.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Two Democrats at the top would have depressed Republican turnout for other key races — especially for Congress — in the fall.—
Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Capacity was 66 percent across the performances, suggesting discounted and free ticketing.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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The discounted model at Woot includes a Premium Pen stylus for handwriting and drawing.—
Cameron Faulkner,
The Verge,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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The gallery presents a condensed history of blue-and-white ceramics globally in dishes, starting in the Middle East with a 9th century Iraqi piece.—
Stephanie Shih
June 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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The center describes its three-week immersion as a way to develop, in a condensed window, the practices and behaviors that might otherwise take years to build through outpatient therapy alone.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Since the fires first erupted, officials have urged people with respiratory or other health concerns to remain indoors as smoke has degraded air quality across Miami-Dade and Broward counties.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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China uses nearly half of the world’s construction sand and gravel, a habit that has severely degraded fragile river ecosystems.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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“Reduced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduced. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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