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Businesses are increasingly relying on automation to reduce costs and save time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Mithril Defense is bringing its Campus Guardian Angel system to schools in Florida and Georgia to enhance security and reduce gun violence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Although a major oil and gas producer, Iran sought to revive the project in the late 1980s to diversify its energy resources and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels for domestic consumption.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

However, the hosts were unable to reduce the deficit further in the closing stages.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

On the other hand, taste is conditioned solely by culture, which is so varied that it is impossible to reduce art to any one set of precepts.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson