lighten

Example Sentences

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If individual investors and large institutions collectively decide to lighten up on their dollars, it will leave a mark.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The EU is also now working to lighten regulatory burdens that European companies say hurt their global competitiveness, although results aren’t yet clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

And then, as the sky starts to lighten ahead of sunrise, we hear footsteps.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

The museum’s billowing forms, which help lighten its considerable scale, were realized via head-spinning structural complexity: None of its 3,600 glass panels are the same, while each timber and steel supporting beam is curved uniquely.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Outside, the sky had begun to lighten to a luminous gray.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman