lessen
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She has been advised to take a hormonal contraceptive to help slow monthly tissue growth and lessen the pain.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Gas allows SpaceX to move quickly, and success could lessen its need for ground infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Vallejo said the four-day summer camp held in September in the San Bernardino Mountains is part of the effort to lessen those risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tweaks to the rules to lessen the problem were made after just three races, and the engine split will be modified to become 60-40 by 2028, with an intermediate step for next year.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
But what I knew to be practical advice didn’t lessen my disappointment at not being able to watch Ernie march triumphantly to the stage to receive that diploma.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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While that deal doesn’t compete directly with Broadcom’s TPUs, Google is charting a course that lessens its reliance on its partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Further spikes of heat are likely, however as August wears on and the sun gradually loses some of its intensity, the likelihood of extreme temperatures in the high 30s lessens.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
As Microsoft’s control over OpenAI lessens, OpenAI has been strengthening its relationship with Amazon.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
It creates multiple pathways for energy to move through the system, reduces wasted power, and lessens the strain on the resonator.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026
I feel like hating him while I work with him lessens my betrayal of Tobias somehow.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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The tech giants, which introduced consumer-friendly streaming options, have lessened the influence of traditional companies such as Paramount and Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Neither is perfect—no earthly creation is—and each is lessened by its complicity with the institution of slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
But it could be lessened, Percy said, by local authorities embracing technological advances.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
In both cases, arginine treatment reduced the accumulation of Aβ and lessened its harmful effects.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
There were many small waves and I was soon wet, but as I came out from behind the spit the spray lessened and the waves grew long and rolling.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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When popular teams play on Sunday afternoon, they are more likely to land in the late-afternoon window, where games often receive broad national distribution, lessening the need for the service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
When it comes to our kids, our quest for optimization is not so much lessening anxiety as feeding it.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Shares of banks, airlines, retailers and other industries that had struggled since February have started breaking higher, lessening the market’s dependence on hot tech stocks and catching the attention of chart-watching technical strategists.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It is one way of lessening that stressful situation of putting out a game, especially for a smaller studio with fewer people to test it.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Warmth spread from that point throughout his body, calming him, lessening the pain.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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