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ESPN’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, designed to lessen its dependency on declining cable TV revenue, is still in its nascent stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

The analysts expect strong travel demand and resilient ticket pricing, particularly on long-haul and premium routes, to support earnings, even as lower fuel costs lessen the need for fare increases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

An MoJ assessment on the impact into the law change at the time stated that the intended effect was to lessen the burden on taxpayers.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

As I listened I had been so torn between humiliation and fascination that to lessen my sense of shame I had kept my attention riveted upon his intense face.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

This actuarial approach lessens the chance you’ll run out of money, and it lets good market returns flow through to higher spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

It creates multiple pathways for energy to move through the system, reduces wasted power, and lessens the strain on the resonator.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026

The bill, among other things, makes it easier to build manufactured homes, lessens regulations, and gives incentives to localities to encourage home building.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

Global demand for travel is fairly strong going into the new year, she notes, and that lessens the need to offer deals.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025

I feel like hating him while I work with him lessens my betrayal of Tobias somehow.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The tech giants, which introduced consumer-friendly streaming options, have lessened the influence of traditional companies such as Paramount and Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

But it could be lessened, Percy said, by local authorities embracing technological advances.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

But it only made No. 110 in the ranking, weighed down by lower scores on AI readiness, talent readiness and resilience that lessened the impact of good scores on innovation and financial fitness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

There have been years of discussions of a federated European Union cloud and talks of what lessened dependence on the whims of American Big Tech companies might mean.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

But no matter how many times it happened, the sting never lessened.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Shares of banks, airlines, retailers and other industries that had struggled since February have started breaking higher, lessening the market’s dependence on hot tech stocks and catching the attention of chart-watching technical strategists.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

“While global inventories have been drawing down, the market still seems focused on lessening demand and gradual supply being added.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Yes, it’s too high, he says, but he suggests that his housing plan will deploy a trickle-down approach that starts with lessening landlords’ risks and costs and thus encourages them to build more.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

It called for individual states to implement their own arrangements to accommodate for heatwaves and travel disruption while lessening the impact on the economy.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Gradually, more from a lessening of strength than from peace of soul, his sobs ceased and he lay on his back, staring at the ceiling.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright