lessened
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Lessened muscular activity is more likely to occur in elderly patients, whose food passes normally as far as the end of the small bowel, but then slows down in the flabby large bowel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lessened demand, competitive price cutting, are among apparent causes of depression.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Social Effect of Lessened Drudgery To the mechanic the story of agricultural machinery suggests the miracle of the conquest of nature by human ingenuity and perfected mechanical skill.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter
Lessened timber imports mean the exploitation of native forests.
From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)
Why the Fear and Danger of Consumption have been Lessened.
From A Handbook of Health by Hutchinson, Woods
