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lightening

adjective as in comforting

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adjective as in lessening

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noun as in palliation

noun as in relief

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The "silliness" of the formulation was "lightening the subject matter of this trial," he told Judge Cannon.

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Girls and women with darker skin tones are called derogatory names and face discrimination; and skin lightening products make for big business, earning billions of dollars in profits.

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The cause of the blaze remains unknown, though lightening has been ruled out.

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Firefighters faced difficult conditions Sunday as dry thunderstorms brought increased wind and threatened lightening strikes that could ignite new fires, according to the briefing.

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"Information like that is a bolt of lightening to us," he tells me.

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