reduce

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If they do cut back, businesses that depend on that spending could reduce hours and head count.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Its media-entertainment segment, which includes TVs and PCs, is expected to significantly reduce losses this year on cheaper outsourced components and a 2025 early retirement program, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The airline also announced it would reduce some flights on several routes between mid-April and early June.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

According to the study's calculations, combining in-space refueling with this aerobraking approach could reduce travel time to Uranus to about six and a half years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Despite her air of frivolity, she was near the top of her class—officially, Shaker did not rank its students, to reduce competitive feelings, but she knew she was somewhere in the top twenty.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng