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Carney has traveled the world for new business partners that can help Canada lessen dependence on the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

Nonetheless, the judge held that the states “make a strong showing that the Transaction will substantially lessen competition.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

"A whole lots of folks wonders about that without gitting anywhere. But as I was saying, caint a single doggone drop of paint move out of the factory lessen it comes through Lucius Brockway's hands."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

But by supporting both new and used EVs, it lessens equity concerns — that only people with higher incomes are able to take advantage of the program, Michalek said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The opening “I Feel So Free” is the thesis statement, framing the club as a place that dissolves ego, lessens anxiety, and offers a portal to communal bliss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

As Microsoft’s control over OpenAI lessens, OpenAI has been strengthening its relationship with Amazon.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 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

"Routine lessens risk," her father chimed in, scarfing his food because he had a flight to catch.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ultimately, if England are able to control the tempo of the game, dominating the ball for large parts, they will be hoping that the time they spend close to their own goal will be lessened.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

In both cases, arginine treatment reduced the accumulation of Aβ and lessened its harmful effects.

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

Since then, the stigma surrounding bargain stores has lessened for both customers and brands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Then, as the angle of incline lessened, as the mound— the hill—flattened, nearing the bottom, the sled’s forward motion slowed.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

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

Ellen Swallow Richards is known as the founder of home economics, which to her meant bringing scientific principles to domestic life, lessening household labor and improving public health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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