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be reduced

VERB

lose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drop fail forget give up squander suffer surrender waste

STRONG

bereave capitulate consume default deplete disinherit displace dispossess dissipate divest drain exhaust expend forfeit lavish misplace miss misspend oust relinquish rob sacrifice yield

WEAK

be careless be impoverished become poorer fail to keep fall short pass up suffer loss use up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fight hoard save win

STRONG

accumulate collect fill gather give hold keep refuse starve take

WEAK

achieve confront face hold on to maintain meet succeed

Example Sentences

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Travel for youth teams must be reduced so kids can use that time to train and play.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

England had been rolled over for 140 by the excellent New Zealanders and all of Key, McCullum and Stokes must have been wondering if the Ashes rebuild was going to be reduced to rubble.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

When the fund is next reconstituted, Micron’s weighting will be reduced again to 3.33% next week, assuming it passes all the screens to remain in the fund, Kalivas said.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Freeport said daily copper output at Grasberg—the world’s No. 2 copper mine, after the Escondida mine in Chile—would be reduced by tens of thousands of tons into next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

If Mobutu is capable of embarrassment at all, there’s a chance his sentence could be reduced from life to five years, or less.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

be reduced

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