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Opponents adjusted and cut down on big plays as the 2024 season went along.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025 -
The injured tree must be cut down to retrieve the agarwood, which is extracted from the trunk and the root.—
Sable Yong,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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The final amount could be affected by two factors — the number of claims and how much of the settlement fund is reduced to cover legal fees and costs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Comprising 42 pairs of chromosomes instead of the original 14, the DNA of modern wheat has been artificially modified.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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His duties and responsibilities will be modified, according to the resolution — a prospect Martinez challenged after the vote.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Dec. 2024
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Recession fears have diminished, inflation is trending back toward 2 percent, and the labor market has rebalanced, but remains strong.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Dec. 2024
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The theme of running recurred, as did moments of isolation, with Abraham appearing preoccupied and diminished, unable to fully participate as the others moved around him.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Dec. 2024
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Watch for heated debates in many districts over just whose facilities will be downsized and how that decision will be made.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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The couple had already downsized from a two-bedroom apartment to a one-bedroom unit to cut down on their housing expenses.—
Cheyenne DeVon,Zachary Green,
CNBC,
12 Dec. 2024
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The brutal workload was lessened slightly by an edict from Nickelodeon.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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The researchers lessened the overall impact of errors brought on by flaws in the experimental apparatus by regulating the laser pulse patterns.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Latino share of the population in that area, a longtime enclave for Puerto Rican families, has shrunk faster than any other group in the last two decades.—
Winnie Hu,
New York Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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The economy has shrunk by eighty-five per cent during the civil war.—
Robin Wright,
The New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Subtracted (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtracted%20%28from%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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