reduction

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By week 68, participants receiving semaglutide experienced an average body weight reduction of −15.4%, compared with −5.1% in the placebo group.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

“We’re getting into a much tougher stretch where the marginal reduction inflation that was coming from shelter is slowing,” Sharif says.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

So a 0.75- to 1.0-percentage-point reduction “translates to $7.50 to $20 less per shift. Over a year, this compounds to hundreds or thousands of dollars in lost income.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

This means their death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, without the possibility of sentence reduction or parole, Xinhua reports.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

For Santa Sofía de la Piedad the reduction in the number of inhabitants of the house should have meant the rest she deserved after more than half a century of work.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez