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One theory is that the vaccine helps lessen the inflammation brought on by the virus, potentially through interleukin-6, a protein involved in the body’s inflammatory response, according to Hirsh.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

With Anthropic planning an IPO as soon as September and OpenAI expected to follow next year, the need for credit backstops on their chip buys should lessen over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Vallejo said the four-day summer camp held in September in the San Bernardino Mountains is part of the effort to lessen those risks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Tweaks to the rules to lessen the problem were made after just three races, and the engine split will be modified to become 60-40 by 2028, with an intermediate step for next year.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Mike’s scowl didn’t lessen, but he raised his fist in salute.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

While that deal doesn’t compete directly with Broadcom’s TPUs, Google is charting a course that lessens its reliance on its partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“That really lessens our risk. You can rebuild savings accounts.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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

But the problem is that there are good safety reasons for allowing the 350kw super-clip, as it lessens the need for another energy-harvesting strategy known as lift and coast.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

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

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The obdurate side of the character is lessened with a gesture Antíkona bestows on Ixmene — a reassurance that even though she’s a revolutionary, she’s still an affectionate sister.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It lessened his allegiance to the free-market economic system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

From a product standpoint, PayPal has pushed passkey verification, which it said has lessened friction customers experience at checkout.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Eventually, the bounce lessened to a dribble, and then the dribble sputtered to a trickle, until it finally reduced back to his usual lumbering step.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

When popular teams play on Sunday afternoon, they are more likely to land in the late-afternoon window, where games often receive broad national distribution, lessening the need for the service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

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

“That is not an unnatural surmise,” said Fitzwilliam, “but it is a lessening of the honour of my cousin’s triumph very sadly.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen